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Patriotism & profit : Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the rivalry for America's capital city / Susan Nagel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nagel, Susan, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--Washington (D.C.)--History--18th century.
- City planning.
- Capitals (Cities).
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
- Hamilton, Alexander.
- Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804.
- Schuyler, Philip John.
- History.
- Washington (D.C.)--History--18th century.
- Washington (D.C.).
- United States--Capital and capitol--History--18th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Other Title:
- Patriotism & profit
- Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the rivalry for America's capital city
- Patriotism and profit
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2021.
- Summary:
- "The untold story of how America's beloved first president, George Washington, borrowed, leveraged, and coerced his way into masterminding the key land purchase of the American era, which lead to the creation the nation's capital city."--Amazon.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Colonial Rivals
- ch. 1 The Race for a New World Capital of Empire
- ch. 2 The British Quest for New World Dominance
- ch. 3 Parallel Lives
- ch. 4 A Chain, a Compass, and a Tomahawk
- ch. 5 Currents
- pt. II A Tale of Two Cities
- ch. 6 Wandering in Exile
- ch. 7 Hadley's Quadrant & Parallel Dreams
- ch. 8 Cousins and Climbers: New York
- ch. 9 Potomac Fever
- ch. 10 Disunity
- ch. 11 The Calm Before the Storm
- ch. 12 Toward Duopoly.
- Notes:
- Map on endpapers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-313) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781643137087
- 1643137085
- OCLC:
- 1201300148
- Publisher Number:
- 99988922044
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