Washington : : A History of the Capital, 1800-1950 /

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

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 availa...

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

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