عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
F197 .B67 2008
F197
.
B67
2008
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0060842385
(Number (ISBN
9780060842383
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b772500
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Washington :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the making of the American capital /
First Statement of Responsibility
Fergus M. Bordewich.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
First edition.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Amistad,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
367 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, map ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-356) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Prologue: the question of the capital -- The new machine of government -- Dinner at Jefferson's -- Potomac fever -- A cloudy business -- The metropolis of America -- An alarming and serious time -- Irresistible temptations -- A scene of distress -- The general's last campaign -- The capital of a great nation -- Epilogue: summer, 1814.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
From the acclaimed author of "Bound for Canaan" comes a major work of American history on the astonishing compromises and alliances involved in making Washington, D.C., the capital of the new nation.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
City planning-- Washington (D.C.)-- History-- 18th century.
Capitals (Cities)
City planning.
HISTORY-- United States-- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Politics and government
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Capital and capitol, History, 18th century.
Washington (D.C.), History, 18th century.
Washington (D.C.), Politics and government, To 1878.
United States.
Washington (D.C.)
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
975
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3/01
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
F197
Book number
.
B67
2008
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Bordewich, Fergus M.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201206181501.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
