The Resource Washington : a history of our national city, Tom Lewis
Washington : a history of our national city, Tom Lewis
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- Summary
- "On January 24, 1791, President George Washington chose the site for the young nation's capital: ten miles square, it stretched from the highest point of navigation on the Potomac River, and encompassed the ports of Georgetown and Alexandria. From the moment the federal government moved to the District of Columbia in December 1800, Washington has been central to American identity and life. Shaped by politics and intrigue, poverty and largess, contradictions and compromises, Washington has been, from its beginnings, the stage on which our national dramas have played out. In Washington, the historian Tom Lewis paints a sweeping portrait of the capital city whose internal conflicts and promise have mirrored those of America writ large. Breathing life into the men and women who struggled to help the city realize its full potential, he introduces us to the mercurial French artist who created an ornate plan for the city 'en grande'; members of the nearly forgotten anti-Catholic political party who halted construction of the Washington monument for a quarter century; and the cadre of congressmen who maintained segregation and blocked the city's progress for decades. In the twentieth century Washington's Mall and streets would witness a Ku Klux Klan march, the violent end to the encampment of World War I 'Bonus Army' veterans, the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the painful rebuilding of the city in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. 'It is our national center, ' Frederick Douglass once said of Washington, DC; 'It belongs to us, and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and its destiny.' Interweaving the story of the city's physical transformation with a nuanced account of its political, economic, and social evolution, Lewis tells the powerful history of Washington, DC--the site of our nation's highest ideals and some of our deepest failures"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxix, 521 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Introduction: The Concerns of the Nation
- Prologue: The "Mutinous Insult"
- The General's River and the Federal City
- Planners, Speculators, and Slaves
- "The Most Agreeable Town"
- Rebuilding and Growing
- The Bifurcated Southern National City
- Union National City
- The Making of an Undemocratic City
- Gilded Neighbors, Progressive City
- L'Enfant Redivivus
- Washington Apartheid and the End of Innocence
- Normalcy and Neglect
- New Deal City
- War City
- World Capital, Congressional Town
- Free Fall and After
- Isbn
- 9780465061587
- Label
- Washington : a history of our national city
- Title
- Washington
- Title remainder
- a history of our national city
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Lewis
- Subject
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- City planning
- City planning -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- City planning | Washington (D.C.) | History
- Gesellschaft
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- History
- Political culture
- Political culture -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- Political culture | Washington (D.C.) | History
- Politics and government
- Politische Kultur
- ARCHITECTURE -- History | General
- Social change -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- Social change | Washington (D.C.) | History
- Social conditions
- Stadtplanung
- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions
- Washington (D.C.) | History
- Washington (D.C.) | Politics and government
- Washington (D.C.) | Social conditions
- Washington, DC
- Social change
- ARCHITECTURE / History / General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "On January 24, 1791, President George Washington chose the site for the young nation's capital: ten miles square, it stretched from the highest point of navigation on the Potomac River, and encompassed the ports of Georgetown and Alexandria. From the moment the federal government moved to the District of Columbia in December 1800, Washington has been central to American identity and life. Shaped by politics and intrigue, poverty and largess, contradictions and compromises, Washington has been, from its beginnings, the stage on which our national dramas have played out. In Washington, the historian Tom Lewis paints a sweeping portrait of the capital city whose internal conflicts and promise have mirrored those of America writ large. Breathing life into the men and women who struggled to help the city realize its full potential, he introduces us to the mercurial French artist who created an ornate plan for the city 'en grande'; members of the nearly forgotten anti-Catholic political party who halted construction of the Washington monument for a quarter century; and the cadre of congressmen who maintained segregation and blocked the city's progress for decades. In the twentieth century Washington's Mall and streets would witness a Ku Klux Klan march, the violent end to the encampment of World War I 'Bonus Army' veterans, the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the painful rebuilding of the city in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. 'It is our national center, ' Frederick Douglass once said of Washington, DC; 'It belongs to us, and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and its destiny.' Interweaving the story of the city's physical transformation with a nuanced account of its political, economic, and social evolution, Lewis tells the powerful history of Washington, DC--the site of our nation's highest ideals and some of our deepest failures"--
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lewis, Tom
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- Social change
- City planning
- Political culture
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- ARCHITECTURE
- City planning
- Political culture
- Politics and government
- Social change
- Social conditions
- Washington (D.C.)
- Stadtplanung
- Gesellschaft
- Politische Kultur
- Washington, DC
- Label
- Washington : a history of our national city, Tom Lewis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-493) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The Concerns of the Nation -- Prologue: The "Mutinous Insult" -- The General's River and the Federal City -- Planners, Speculators, and Slaves -- "The Most Agreeable Town" -- Rebuilding and Growing -- The Bifurcated Southern National City -- Union National City -- The Making of an Undemocratic City -- Gilded Neighbors, Progressive City -- L'Enfant Redivivus -- Washington Apartheid and the End of Innocence -- Normalcy and Neglect -- New Deal City -- War City -- World Capital, Congressional Town -- Free Fall and After
- Control code
- 910936130
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxix, 521 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780465061587
- Lccn
- 2015022843
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Master record variable field(s) change: 650, 651, 653
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 1396776
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910936130
- Label
- Washington : a history of our national city, Tom Lewis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-493) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The Concerns of the Nation -- Prologue: The "Mutinous Insult" -- The General's River and the Federal City -- Planners, Speculators, and Slaves -- "The Most Agreeable Town" -- Rebuilding and Growing -- The Bifurcated Southern National City -- Union National City -- The Making of an Undemocratic City -- Gilded Neighbors, Progressive City -- L'Enfant Redivivus -- Washington Apartheid and the End of Innocence -- Normalcy and Neglect -- New Deal City -- War City -- World Capital, Congressional Town -- Free Fall and After
- Control code
- 910936130
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxix, 521 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780465061587
- Lccn
- 2015022843
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Master record variable field(s) change: 650, 651, 653
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 1396776
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910936130
Subject
- City planning
- City planning -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- City planning | Washington (D.C.) | History
- Gesellschaft
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- History
- Political culture
- Political culture -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- Political culture | Washington (D.C.) | History
- Politics and government
- Politische Kultur
- ARCHITECTURE -- History | General
- Social change -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- Social change | Washington (D.C.) | History
- Social conditions
- Stadtplanung
- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions
- Washington (D.C.) | History
- Washington (D.C.) | Politics and government
- Washington (D.C.) | Social conditions
- Washington, DC
- Social change
- ARCHITECTURE / History / General
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