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Author | : Kathryn S. Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2010-05-31 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Washington, D.C., conjures images of marble monuments, national memorials, and world-class museums. To many, the world beyond the National Mall is invisible. Yet within an area of only 68 square miles lies a residential city of diversity, beauty, and charm. In the long-awaited update of her 1988 classic Washington at Home, Kathryn Schneider Smith and a team of historians, journalists, folklorists, museum professionals, and others who know the city intimately offer a fresh look at the social history of this intriguing city through the prism of 26 diverse neighborhoods. Lavishly illustrated with engaging historical photographs and maps, Washington at Home introduces readers to the famous residents, colorful characters, distinct flavors, and important events that helped shape the city beyond the federal façade. This second edition adds six new neighborhoods from all parts of the city. Extensive notes make the book invaluable for those doing their own research as well as the more casual reader. Journalists, historians, politicians, residents, real estate agents, and students regularly consult Washington at Home as the standard resource on the social history of Washington, D.C. This expanded and updated edition will appeal to residents, both new and old, as well as to visitors eager to deepen their experience in the nation’s capital.
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Publisher | : Gibbs Smith |
Total Pages | : 225 |
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ISBN | : 1423623894 |
Author | : Christian R. Grose |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2011-01-31 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1139497367 |
The symbolic importance of Barack Obama's election is without question. But beyond symbolism, does the election of African-American politicians matter? Grose argues that it does and presents a unified theory of representation. Electing African-American legislators yields more federal dollars and congressional attention directed toward African-American voters. However, race and affirmative action gerrymandering have no impact on public policy passed in Congress. Grose is the first to examine a natural experiment and exceptional moment in history in which black legislators – especially in the U.S. South – represented districts with a majority of white constituents. This is the first systematic examination of the effect of a legislator's race above and beyond the effect of constituency racial characteristics. Grose offers policy prescriptions, including the suggestion that voting rights advocates, the courts, and redistricters draw 'black decisive districts', electorally competitive districts that are likely to elect African Americans.
Author | : David A. Adler |
Publisher | : Lerner Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2018-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1430130423 |
"A lively fife and drum playing Yankee-Doodle-Dandy welcome the listener...A narrative tone that is sincere and respectful and a slow, even pace afford the young listener time to absorb facts." - AudioFile Magazine
Author | : Kathryn Schneider Smith |
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Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Stephen McKevitt |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467146234 |
For one hundred years, housing cooperatives in various sizes and shapes have been a positive part of the urban landscape of Washington, D.C. Co-ops first arose in the city in the 1920s. Building slowed during the Great Depression, but their numbers expanded after World War II. Conversions expanded their numbers, and the model thrived and became a vital part of the city's fabric. Local historian Steve McKevitt tells the stories of the architecture and development of each District co-op with both historic and modern images.
Author | : Donna Washington |
Publisher | : Jump At The Sun |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2006-07-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780786812318 |
Grounded in the oral storytelling tradition, this riveting retelling of a traditional ghost story follows a big, strong man as he spends a night in a mysterious deserted mansion. Full color.
Author | : David Brinkley |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2020-09-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0593319451 |
David Brinkley, one of America's most respected and celebrated news commentators, turns his journalistic skills to a personal account of the tumultuous days of World War II in the sleepy little Southern town that was Washington, D.C. Carrying us from the first days of the war through Roosevelt's death and the celebration of VJ Day, Brinkley surrounds us with fascinating people. Here are the charismatic President Roosevelt and the woman spy, code name "Cynthia." Here, too, are the diplomatic set, new Pentagon officials, and old-line society members--aka "Cave Dwellers." We meet the brashest and the brightest who actually ran the government, and the countless men and women who came to support the war effort in any way they could--all seeking to share in the adventure of their generation.
Author | : Blake Washington |
Publisher | : Nelson Publishing & Marketing: Ferne Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-05 |
Genre | : Chemical elements |
ISBN | : 9781938326325 |
As Jay waits for his friends to arrive for his 8th birthday, his sister Kayla helps him discover how important helium is in his everyday world.From balloons to an MRI machine, Hooray for Helium! uses everyday language and activities to help kids understand this important element and encourages them to be excited about chemistry.
Author | : Justin Wadland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780870717420 |
The true story of an anarchist colony on a remote Puget Sound peninsula, Trying Home traces the history of Home, Washington, from its founding in 1896 to its dissolution amid bitter infighting in 1921. As a practical experiment in anarchism, Home offered its participants a rare degree of freedom and tolerance in the Gilded Age, but the community also became notorious to the outside world for its open rejection of contemporary values. Using a series of linked narratives, Trying Home reveals the stories of the iconoclastic individuals who lived in Home, among them Lois Waisbrooker, an advocate of women's rights and free love, who was arrested for her writings after the assassination of President McKinley; Jay Fox, editor of The Agitator, who defended his right to free speech all the way to the Supreme Court; and Donald Vose, a young man who grew up in Home and turned spy for a detective agency. Justin Wadland weaves his own discovery of Home--and his own reflections on the concept of home--into the story, setting the book apart from a conventional history. After discovering the newspapers published in the colony, Wadland ventures beyond the documents to explore the landscape, travelling by boat along the steamer route most visitors once took to the settlement. He visits Home to talk with people who live there now. Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Trying Home will fascinate scholars and general readers alike, especially those interested in the history of the Pacific Northwest, utopian communities, and anarchism.