Washington : : A History of the Capital, 1800-1950 / / Constance McLaughlin Green.

• VerfasserIn: Green, Constance McLaughlin,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5167
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1094 p.)

A one-volume edition, this history of Washington was originally published in two parts. Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878 was awarded the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for History.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Publisher's Note -- Foreword -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Ι The Founding of the National Capital -- II The "Seat of Empire," 1800-1812 -- III Phoenix on the Potomac, 1812-1817 -- IV Disillusionment and Readjustments, 1818-1829 -- V The Jacksonian "Revolution" and After, 1829-1840 -- VI Quiescent Interlude, 1840-1848 -- VII The Eye of the Hurricane, 1849-1860 -- VIII The City and the Hill, 1849-1860 -- IX The Eve of War, November 1860-May 1861 -- X The Civic and Economic Impact of War, 1861-1865 -- XI Contrabands, "Secesh," and Impending Social Revolution, 1861-1865 -- XII Reconstruction a n d Resistance, 1865-1868 -- XIII The Advance of the Social Revolution, 1868-1871 -- XIV Boss Shepherd and the Building of the "New Washington," 1871-1874 -- XV Social and Cultural Crosscurrents, 1871-1874 -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Bibliographical Note -- Bibliography -- Index -- Frontmatter 2 -- Publisher's Note -- Foreword -- Contents -- Illustrations -- I 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 The City of Conversation, 1901-1916 -- XI The Beginnings of Organized Negro Protest, 1901-1916 -- XII The Great Crusade and Anticlimax, 1917-1918 -- 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