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- catalog abstract "In 1846 America, a young, vibrant republic, was expanding in directions unimagined only a few years earlier. The nation plunged into war with Mexico and rushed to settle the West. The country saw the steady rise of cities, the expansion of the railroad, and the emergence of great works of literature and art. On August 10 of that year, in an act that embodied the country's buoyant mood, Congress accepted the bequest of Englishman James Smithson and established an. Institution dedicated to the "increase and diffusion of knowledge." Marking the Smithsonian Institution's 150th anniversary, 1846 evokes the texture of American daily life, thought, and politics during a single influential year. In a narrative accompanied by nearly two hundred illustrations, Margaret Christman revisits a capital dominated by Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, and James K. Polk and follows the westward journeys of Brigham Young, Francis Parkman, and the. Ill-fated Donner party. Moving from the Transcendentalists to the Hudson River School, from Gothic Revival architecture to anesthesia and the sewing machine, Christman chronicles as well the antislavery movement and other social-reform campaigns that expanded the nation's conscience and changed its future.".
- catalog alternative "Portrait of the nation".
- catalog contributor b9191047.
- catalog contributor b9191048.
- catalog coverage "United States Civilization 1783-1865 Exhibitions.".
- catalog coverage "United States Civilization 1783-1865.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Ill-fated Donner party. Moving from the Transcendentalists to the Hudson River School, from Gothic Revival architecture to anesthesia and the sewing machine, Christman chronicles as well the antislavery movement and other social-reform campaigns that expanded the nation's conscience and changed its future.".
- catalog description "In 1846 America, a young, vibrant republic, was expanding in directions unimagined only a few years earlier. The nation plunged into war with Mexico and rushed to settle the West. The country saw the steady rise of cities, the expansion of the railroad, and the emergence of great works of literature and art. On August 10 of that year, in an act that embodied the country's buoyant mood, Congress accepted the bequest of Englishman James Smithson and established an.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Institution dedicated to the "increase and diffusion of knowledge." Marking the Smithsonian Institution's 150th anniversary, 1846 evokes the texture of American daily life, thought, and politics during a single influential year. In a narrative accompanied by nearly two hundred illustrations, Margaret Christman revisits a capital dominated by Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, and James K. Polk and follows the westward journeys of Brigham Young, Francis Parkman, and the.".
- catalog extent "xx, 211 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "1846.".
- catalog identifier "1560986743 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "1846.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "1846.".
- catalog spatial "United States Civilization 1783-1865 Exhibitions.".
- catalog spatial "United States Civilization 1783-1865.".
- catalog subject "973.6 20".
- catalog subject "E166 .C5 1996".
- catalog subject "Smithsonian Institution History Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Smithsonian Institution History.".
- catalog title "1846 : portrait of the nation / Margaret C.S. Christman.".
- catalog title "Portrait of the nation".
- catalog type "Exhibition catalogs. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".