Washington, the Nation's Capital
Author | : William Howard Taft |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Washington (D.C.) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Howard Taft |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Washington (D.C.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kelly Rodgers |
Publisher | : Teacher Created Materials |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2014-07-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1480751480 |
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 | : Betty Debnam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Bingham Reynolds |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Washington (D.C.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bernadine Bailey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Washington (D.C.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. National Capital Planning Commission |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2006-11-19 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780801883286 |
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 | : Lauren Pearlman |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2019-09-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469653915 |
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 | : Bernadine Bailey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christopher Buckley |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0307422623 |
The father of our country slept with Martha, but schlepped in the District. Now in the great man’s footsteps comes humorist and twenty-year Washington resident Christopher Buckley with the real story of the city’s founding. Well, not really. We’re just trying to get you to buy the book. But we can say with justification that there’s never been a more enjoyable, funny, and informative tour guide to the city than Buckley. His delight as he points out things of interest is con-tagious, and his frequent digressions about his own adventures as a White House staffer are often hilarious. In Washington Schlepped Here, Buckley takes us along for several walks around the town and shares with us a bit of his “other” Washington. They include “Dante’s Paradiso” (Union Station); the “Zero Milestone of American democracy” (the U.S. Capitol); the “Almost Pink House” (the White House); and many other historical (and often hysterical) journeys. Buckley is the sort of wonderful guide who pries loose the abalone-like clichés that cling to a place as mythic as D.C. Wonderfully insightful and eminently practical, Washington Schlepped Here shows us that even a city whose chief industry is government bureaucracy is a lot funnier and more surprising than its media-ready image might let on. From the Hardcover edition.
Author | : Charles Bingham Reynolds |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Washington (D.C.) |
ISBN | : |