Washington, Vol. 2 : : Capital City, 1879-1950 / / Constance McLaughlin Green.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Green, Constance McLaughlin,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1963
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2032
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (602 p.)

In this second volume Constance Green describes the development of the local community, its citizens and institutions, through the years following World War II. Particularly interesting is the dominant role played by the Washington Negro community, which had early become the cultural center of Ameri...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Foreword
• Contents
• Illustrations
• 1. The Inheritance of the Past
• II. Real Estate and Civic Enterprise, 1879-1901
• III. Municipal Housekeeping, 1879-1901
• IV. Only for the Worthy, 1879-1901
• V. Everyday Life in the White Community, 1879-1901
• VI. Colored Washington, 1879-1901
• VII. The City Beautiful, 1901-1916
• VIII. The Reverse of the Coin: Social Betterment, 1901-1916
• IX. The Board of Trade and Public Affairs, 1901-1916
• X. City of Conversation, 1901-1916
• XI. The Beginnings of Organized Negro Protest, 1901-1916
• XII. The Great Crusade and Anticlimax, 1917-1919
• XIII. The Aftermath of the Colored Man's War, 1917-1919
• XIV. Business Interests and National City Planning, 1920-1929
• XV. The Intellectual and Social Climate, 1920-1929
• XVI. Civic Conscience, 1920-1929
• XVII. The Role of the Public Schools, 1920-1941
• XVIII. Before and After the Bonus March, 1930-1933
• XIX. The New Deal Capital in White and Black, 1933-1940
• XX. Running Uncle Sam's Company Town, 1933-1941
• XXI. "Purely a Local Affair," 1933-1940
• XXII. Capital of the Free World, 1940-1945
• XXIII. Postwar Designs for the Future, 1945-1950
• Glossary of Abbreviations
• Bibliographical Note
• Bibliography
• Index