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Book Title: Creating Colonial Williamsburg : the Restoration of Virginia's Eighteenth-Century Capital
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Anders Greenspan
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Topic: Archaeology, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Historic Preservation / General
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Travel, Architecture, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
