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Alexander Robey Shepherd : The Man Who Built the Nation's Capital /
With Alexander Robey Shepherd, John P. Richardson gives us the first full-length biography of his subject, who as Washington, D.C.'s, public works czar (1871-74) built the infrastructure of the nation's capital in a few frenetic years after the Civil War.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, OH :
Ohio University Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a "An Apollo in form": coming of age in the nation's capital, 1835-1861 -- "The great work of improving and beautifying our beloved city": first steps in business and political leadership, 1862-1865 -- "We want an honest board of commissioners and no broken-down political demagogues": building his business and political base for civic reform, 1865-1868 -- "The necessity for a change in the form of government for this district": promoting territorial government, 1869-1870 -- "A practical experiment": achieving territorial government, 1870-1871 -- "Improvements must go on": the board of public works, 1871 -- "More work of improvement was undertaken at once than was wise": meeting opposition to the board of public works, 1872 -- "They must have a republican Boss Tweed for campaign purposes": a troubled territorial governor, 1873-1874 -- "A free man once more": bankruptcy and preparations to move to Mexico, 1874-1880 -- "A life of labor and extreme simplicity": seeking el Dorado in Batopilas, 1880-1882 -- "Anxieties, expenses, delays, and losses": journey's end, 1882-1902 -- "The law of necessity": denouement and final assessments. | |
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