Washington. Volume 2, Capital city, 1879-1950 / Constance McLaughlin Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Constance McLaughlin, 1897-1975, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington (D.C.)--History.

Washington (D.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (600 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1963.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this second volume Constance Green describes the development of the local community, its citizens and institutions, through the years following World War II. Particularly interesting is the dominant role played by the Washington Negro community, which had early become the cultural center of American Negro society. The conflicts, ambitions, and antagonisms of this city within a city are here given sympathetic and objective exposition.Originally published in 1963.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

Foreword

Contents

Illustrations

1. 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. City of Conversation, 1901-1916

XI. The Beginnings of Organized Negro Protest, 1901-1916

XII. The Great Crusade and Anticlimax, 1917-1919

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

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1963.

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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400819003

1400819008

9780691651620

0691651620

9780691048086

0691048088

9781400820221

1400820227

OCLC:

966768231