Washington : a history of the capital, 1800-1950 / by Constance Mc Laughlin Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Constance Mc Laughlin, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington (D.C.)--History.

Washington (D.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,093 pages).

Edition:

Princeton Legacy Library edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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

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

Index

Notes:

Originally published: in 2 volumes as 'Washington : village and capital, 1800-1878' and 'Washington : capital city, 1879-1950'. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1962-1963.

Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1977]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691654348

0691654344

9780691616759

0691616752

OCLC:

1019654204