Washington : a history of our national city / Tom Lewis.

"On January 24, 1791, President George Washington chose the site for the young nation's capital: ten miles square, it stretched from the highest point of navigation on the Potomac River, and encompassed the ports of Georgetown and Alexandria. From the moment the federal government moved to the Distr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lewis, Tom, 1942- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
Subjects:	Washington (D.C.) > History. Washington (D.C.) > Politics and government. Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions. Social change > Washington (D.C.) > History. City planning > Washington (D.C.) > History. Political culture > Washington (D.C.) > History. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY / United States / General. ARCHITECTURE / History / General. History. City planning. Political culture. Politics and government. Social change. Social conditions. Washington (D.C.)
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xxix, 521 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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