Washington Century, The: Three Families and the Shaping of the Nation's Capital - Softcover

Solomon, Burt

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ISBN 10: 0060937858 ISBN 13: 9780060937850

Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2016

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Book by Solomon Burt

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Well-told stories about Washington by those who know the city and its history. --Booklist"

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The Washington Century chronicles the hundred-year rise of the nation's capital as it grew to become the most powerful city in the world -- a story made vivid through the history of three very different families, each representing an essential aspect of Washington: the Cafritzes, headed by a real estate mogul and his consummate hostess wife; the Boggs family, a political force in the ultimate political town; and the Hobsons, lead by a prominent black activist and civic leader in the first black-majority American city. Veteran journalist Burt Solomon uses these families to explore everything from the customs of Washington's elite society to the expansion of the federal bureaucracy, the District's own struggle for self-governance, and the influential role that politics and, increasingly, lobbying have played in the city.

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• Verlag: Harper Perennial
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0060937858
• ISBN 13: 9780060937850
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512