Historic Capital : Preservation, Race, and Real Estate in Washington, D.C. /

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"For much of the postwar era, Washingtonians battled to make the city their own, fighting the federal government over the basic question of home rule, the right of the citys residents to govern their local affairs. Urban historian Cameron Logan examines how the historic preservation movement pl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Logan, Cameron, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Land use > Social aspects.
Historic preservation > Social aspects.
Federal-city relations.
City planning > Social aspects.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Contemporary (1945- )
Utilisation du sol > Aspect social > Washington (D.C.)
Relations federales-municipales > Washington (D.C.)
Preservation historique > Aspect social > Washington (D.C.)
Land use > Social aspects > Washington (D.C.)
Federal-city relations > Washington (D.C.)
Historic preservation > Social aspects > Washington (D.C.)
City planning > Social aspects > Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: From "Life Inside a Monument" to Neighborhoods with Life
  • 1. Value: Property, History and Homeliness in Georgetown
  • 2. Taste: Architectural Complexity and Social Diversity in the 1960s
  • 3. The White House and Its Neighborhood: Federal City Making and Local Preservation, 1960-1975
  • 4. Race and Resistance: Gentrification and the Critique of Historic Preservation
  • 5. Whose Neighborhood? Whose History? Expanding Dupont Circle, 1975-1985
  • 6. Rhodes Tavern and the Problem with Preservation in the 1980s
  • 7. Modernist Urbanism as History: Preserving the Southwest Urban Renewal Area
  • Conclusion: Preservation, Profits and Loss.

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