Author: United States. Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Report of the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion
Author: United States. Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index.
Building Washington
Author: Robert J. Kapsch
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421424886
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A richly illustrated behind-the-scenes tour of how the nation’s capital was built. In 1790, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson set out to build a new capital for the United States of America in just ten years. The area they selected on the banks of the Potomac River, a spot halfway between the northern and southern states, had few resources or inhabitants. Almost everything needed to build the federal city would have to be brought in, including materials, skilled workers, architects, and engineers. It was a daunting task, and these American Founding Fathers intended to do it without congressional appropriation. Robert J. Kapsch’s beautifully illustrated book chronicles the early planning and construction of our nation’s capital. It shows how Washington, DC, was meant to be not only a government center but a great commercial hub for the receipt and transshipment of goods arriving through the Potomac Canal, then under construction. Picturesque plans would not be enough; the endeavor would require extensive engineering and the work of skilled builders. By studying an extensive library of original documents—from cost estimates to worker time logs to layout plans—Kapsch has assembled a detailed account of the hurdles that complicated this massive project. While there have been many books on the architecture and planning of this iconic city, Building Washington explains the engineering and construction behind it.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421424886
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A richly illustrated behind-the-scenes tour of how the nation’s capital was built. In 1790, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson set out to build a new capital for the United States of America in just ten years. The area they selected on the banks of the Potomac River, a spot halfway between the northern and southern states, had few resources or inhabitants. Almost everything needed to build the federal city would have to be brought in, including materials, skilled workers, architects, and engineers. It was a daunting task, and these American Founding Fathers intended to do it without congressional appropriation. Robert J. Kapsch’s beautifully illustrated book chronicles the early planning and construction of our nation’s capital. It shows how Washington, DC, was meant to be not only a government center but a great commercial hub for the receipt and transshipment of goods arriving through the Potomac Canal, then under construction. Picturesque plans would not be enough; the endeavor would require extensive engineering and the work of skilled builders. By studying an extensive library of original documents—from cost estimates to worker time logs to layout plans—Kapsch has assembled a detailed account of the hurdles that complicated this massive project. While there have been many books on the architecture and planning of this iconic city, Building Washington explains the engineering and construction behind it.
Report
Author: United States. Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : White House (Washington, D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : White House (Washington, D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This is only a Test
Author: D. Krugler
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403983062
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book tells the history of nuclear age urban planning, civil defence and continuity of government programs in one of the nation's most critical Cold War targets: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403983062
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book tells the history of nuclear age urban planning, civil defence and continuity of government programs in one of the nation's most critical Cold War targets: Washington, D.C.
Reports and Documents
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1748
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1748
Book Description
Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Presidential Temples
Author: Benjamin Hufbauer
Publisher: CultureAmerica
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book explores the visual and material cultures of presidential commemoration--memorials and monuments, libraries and archives--and the problematic ways in which presidents themselves have largely taken over their own commemoration. The author sees these various commemorative sites as playing a key role in the construction of our collective political and cultural self-images and as another sign of our preoccupation with celebrity culture. Ultimately, he contends, these presidential temples reflect not only our civil religion but also the extraordinary expansion of executive authority--and presidential self-commemoration--since FDR.
Publisher: CultureAmerica
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book explores the visual and material cultures of presidential commemoration--memorials and monuments, libraries and archives--and the problematic ways in which presidents themselves have largely taken over their own commemoration. The author sees these various commemorative sites as playing a key role in the construction of our collective political and cultural self-images and as another sign of our preoccupation with celebrity culture. Ultimately, he contends, these presidential temples reflect not only our civil religion but also the extraordinary expansion of executive authority--and presidential self-commemoration--since FDR.
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description