George Washington's Washington : Visions for the National Capital in the Early American Republic /

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. 'George Washington's Washington' is not simply a history of the city during the first president's life but a...

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Autor principal: Costanzo, Adam (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government.
City planning.
Capitals (Cities)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
City planning > Washington (D.C.) > History > 18th century.
Washington (D.C.)
United States.
Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 18e siecle.
États-Unis > Capitale > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Washington (D.C.) > Administration > Jusqu'à 1878.
Washington (D.C.) > History > 18th century.
United States > Capital and capitol > History > 18th century.
Washington (D.C.) > Politics and government > To 1878.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Grand visions and financial disasters
  • Dreams of metropolis
  • Speculating in failure
  • A boomtown without a boom
  • A "federal town" on the Potomac
  • Jeffersonians and the federal city
  • The limits of local control
  • Making the capital national, 1814-1828
  • Saving and rebuilding Washington
  • Striving to be a national city
  • The seat of a continental empire
  • A symbolic national capital
  • Federal intervention.

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