From Tavern to Courthouse
Architecture and Ritual in American Law, 1658-1860 (Creating the North American Landscape)
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Author
Publication
2004-07-02 - The Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Word Count
45,500 words, Guess
Page Count
182 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7871091M
- ISBN-139780801873959
- ISBN-100801873959
- OCLC Control Number51900426
- Library of Congress Control Number2003006228
and 2 more
- LibraryThing144850
- Goodreads2550768
Classifications
- LCCNA4472.M3M39 2004
Description
"During the formative years of the American republic, lawyers and architects, both eager to secure public affirmation of their professional status, worked together to create specialized, purpose-built courthouses to replace the informal judicial settings in which trials took place during the colonial era. In From Tavern to Courthouse, Martha J. McNamara addresses this fundamental redefinition of civic space in Massachusetts. Professional collaboration, she argues, benefited both lawyers and architects, as it reinforced their desire to be perceived as trained specialists solely concerned with promoting the public good. These courthouses, now reserved exclusively for legal proceedings and occupying specialized locations in the town plans, represented a new vision for the design, organization, and function of civic space."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Samuel Shrimpton could not contain his anger.
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