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Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1182 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UVA:X000446476
Author : Federal Writers' Project Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1942-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0403022371
Author : Kelly Rodgers
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781480751484
Teach students the significance of the capital of the United States, Washington, DC. This nonfiction book introduces children to important buildings and monuments in Washington, DC and helps students understand the city's connection to American history. Primary source images, supporting text, a table of contents, glossary, and an index all work together to engage young learners as they build literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.
Author : Lauren Pearlman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469653914
From its 1790 founding until 1974, Washington, D.C.--capital of "the land of the free--lacked democratically elected city leadership. Fed up with governance dictated by white stakeholders, federal officials, and unelected representatives, local D.C. activists catalyzed a new phase of the fight for home rule. Amid the upheavals of the 1960s, they gave expression to the frustrations of black residents and wrestled for control of their city. Bringing together histories of the carceral and welfare states, as well as the civil rights and Black Power movements, Lauren Pearlman narrates this struggle for self-determination in the nation's capital. She captures the transition from black protest to black political power under the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations and against the backdrop of local battles over the War on Poverty and the War on Crime. Through intense clashes over funds and programming, Washington residents pushed for greater participatory democracy and community control. However, the anticrime apparatus built by the Johnson and Nixon administrations curbed efforts to achieve true home rule. As Pearlman reveals, this conflict laid the foundation for the next fifty years of D.C. governance, connecting issues of civil rights, law and order, and urban renewal.
Author : Sarah Luria
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 158465502X
An imaginative analysis of the interplay between rhetoric and physical space in the creation of the nation's capital.
Author : Federal Writers' Project,Federal writers' project
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : American guide series
ISBN : OCLC:504264772
Author : Kenneth R. Bowling
Publisher : Rl Innactive Titles
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015024821566
The Creation of Washington D.C. describes the passionate struggle among the country's Founding Fathers over the building of the federal city. Kenneth Bowling unravels the intricate web of political, economic, and personal agendas vying for recognition in the congressional arena and brings alive the many colorful personalities of the era. Originally published by George Mason University Press.
Author : Adam Costanzo
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820369679
This book traces the history of the development, abandonment, and eventual revival of George Washington’s original vision for a grand national capital on the Potomac. In 1791 Washington’s ideas found form in architect Peter Charles L’Enfant’s plans for the city. Yet the unprecedented scope of the plan; reliance on the sale of city lots to fund construction of the city and the public buildings; the actions of unscrupulous land speculators; and the convoluted mixture of state, local, and federal authority in effect in the District all undermined Federalist hopes for creating a substantial national capital. In an era when the federal government had relatively few responsibilities, the tangible intersections of ideology and policy were felt through the construction, development, and oversight of the federal city. During the Washington and Adams administrations, for example, Federalists lacked the funds, the political will, and the administrative capacity to make their hopes for the capital a reality. Across much of the next three decades, Thomas Jefferson and other Jeffersonian politicians stifled the growth of the city by withholding funding and support for any project not directly related to the workings of the government. After decades of stagnation, only the more pragmatic approach begun in the Jacksonian era succeeded in fostering development in the District. And throughout these decades, driven by a mixture of self-interest and national pride, local leaders worked to make Washington’s vision a reality and to earn the respect of the nation. George Washington’s Washington is not simply a history of the city during the first president’s life but a history of his vision for the national capital and of the local and national conflicts surrounding this vision’s acceptance and implementation.
Author : Robert P. Watson
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781626167841
George Washington is remembered for leading the Continental Army to victory, presiding over the Constitution, and forging a new nation, but few know the story of his involvement in the establishment of a capital city and how it nearly tore the United States apart. In George Washington’s Final Battle, Robert P. Watson brings this tale to life, telling how the country's first president tirelessly advocated for a capital on the shores of the Potomac. Washington envisioned and had a direct role in planning many aspects of the city that would house the young republic. In doing so, he created a landmark that gave the fledgling democracy credibility, united a fractious country, and created a sense of American identity. Although Washington died just months before the federal government's official relocation, his vision and influence live on in the city that bears his name. This little-known story of founding intrigue throws George Washington’s political acumen into sharp relief and provides a historical lesson in leadership and consensus-building that remains relevant today. This book will fascinate anyone interested in the founding period, the American presidency, and the history of Washington, DC.
Author : N. P. Chipman
Publisher : University of Michigan Library
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : History
ISBN : UOMDLP:aav9781:0001.001
Author : Lucinda Prout Janke
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614238843
An in-depth account of the Civil War people and events that left their mark on the city at the heart of the Union, shaping its historic legacy. When the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861, Washington, DC, was a small, essentially Southern city. The capital rapidly transformed as it prepared for invasion—army camps sprung up in Foggy Bottom, the Navy Yard on Anacostia was a beehive of activity, and even the Capitol was pressed into service as a barracks. Local citizens and government officials struggled to accommodate the fugitive slaves and troops that crowded into the city. From the story of one of the first African American army surgeons, Dr. Alexander Augusta to the tireless efforts of Clara Barton, historian Lucinda Prout Janke renders an intimate portrait of a community on the front lines of war. Join Janke as she guides readers through the changing landscape of a capital besieged. Includes photos!
Author : United States. National Capital Planning Commission,Frederick Gutheim,Antoinette J. Lee
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0801883288
Illustrated with plans, maps, and new and historic photographs, the second edition of Worthy of the Nation provides researchers and general readers with an appealing and authoritative view of the planning and evolution of the federal district.
Author : Rufus Rockwell Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : United States
ISBN : UVA:X001127115
Author : Chris Myers Asch,George Derek Musgrove
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469635873
Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America's expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification. But D.C. is more than just a seat of government, and authors Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove also highlight the city's rich history of local activism as Washingtonians of all races have struggled to make their voices heard in an undemocratic city where residents lack full political rights. Tracing D.C.'s massive transformations--from a sparsely inhabited plantation society into a diverse metropolis, from a center of the slave trade to the nation's first black-majority city, from "Chocolate City" to "Latte City--Asch and Musgrove offer an engaging narrative peppered with unforgettable characters, a history of deep racial division but also one of hope, resilience, and interracial cooperation.
Author : Rufus Rockwell Wilson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020840935
Explore the rich history of the United States through the lens of its capital city, Washington. From the earliest days of the country's founding to the present day, Washington has played a pivotal role in shaping American history. This fascinating book delves into the people, places, and events that have made Washington such an important part of the nation's story. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.