Historic Alabama Courthouses: A Century of Their Images and Stories
Alabama's oldest courthouses have witnessed a panorama of history. Historic Alabama Courthouses resurrects historical facts and images of buildings that were the centers of much of the state's public life during its first century. Photographs of more than 120 buildings, the earliest that the author could find for each structure, are gathered in this significant volume along with historical, architectural, social, legal, and political accounts of their contributions to the landscape of Alabama.Historic Alabama Courthouses also emphasizes architects and builders. Although the names of many of the principals are unknown, those who can be identif…
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- ISBN: 978-1-58838-334-1
- EAN: 9781588383341
- Produktnummer: 39602162
- Verlag: Newsouth Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Masse: H25.1 cm x B17.5 cm x D0.8 cm 272 g
- Gewicht: 272
Über den Autor
Delos Hughes is a native of Auburn, Alabama. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He taught political philosophy at Washington and Lee University from 1963 until his retirement in 1996. As Emeritus Professor of Politics, he researches architectural history subjects. Hughes has published studies of courthouses in Alabama, Virginia, and South Carolina; a New Deal homesteads project in Tennessee; and an early effort to design buildings for the University of Alabama. He is a co-author of Lost Auburn: A Village Remembered in Period Photographs, published by NewSouth Books in 2012, and Historic Alabama Courthouses: A Century of Their Images and Stories, published by NewSouth Books in 2017.
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