Classica Americana: The Greekand Roman Heritage in the United States
by Reinhold, Meyer
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0814317448
- ISBN 13
- 9780814317440
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1984. Scarce monograph on the influence of classical studies on colonial and eighteenth-century America: the Founding Fathers were inclined to search for parallels to their ideals in ancient Greece & Rome, while others view such study as impractical, preferring mathematics and 'mechanicks'. The author was a professor of classical studies known for his important biography of Agrippa. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; pencil smudge/residue of name/address sticker on free endsheet; jacket rubbed with minor edgewear. Text clean; 370 pages + colophon; index, bibliography, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0891
- Title
- Classica Americana: The Greekand Roman Heritage in the United States
- Author
- Reinhold, Meyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0814317448
- ISBN 13
- 9780814317440
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Place of Publication
- Detroit
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Classics, Philology, Philosophy, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Cultural Influences, Education, Civilization, Politics, Public Policy
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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