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001			2017030368
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005			20190524125303.0
008			170623t20182018mduaf b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017030368
020			_a9781421424873 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9781421424880 (electronic)
020			_a1421424878 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z1421424886 (electronic)
042			_apcc
043			_an-us--- _an-us-dc
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aHT168.W3 _bK37 2018
082	0	0	_a307.1/21609753 _223
100	1		_aKapsch, Robert James, _d1942-
245	1	0	_aBuilding Washington : _bengineering and construction of the new Federal City, 1790-1840 / _cRobert J. Kapsch.
264		1	_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c[2018]
264		4	_c�2018
300			_axiv, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c29 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 297-322) and index.
505	0		_aProject planning and construction efforts. Pierre L'Enfant's two plans for executing the president's vision -- Financing the Federal City : the difficulty of collecting adequate funds -- Constructing the Federal City : gathering materials and workers -- Developing a commercial center: harbor navigation and river improvements -- Early infrastructure and transport improvements -- Building military defenses for the capital -- Building campaigns: a timeline of Washington, D.C.'s first fifty years. The first public building campaign (1791-1802): clashing commissioners and -- Workers -- The second public building campaign (1803-1811): the president and the architect -- The third public building campaign (1815-1824): rebuilding the Federal City -- Later transportation improvements: canals and aqueducts -- Epilogue: building a new Federal City.
650		0	_aCity planning _zWashington (D.C.)
650		0	_aPublic works _zWashington (D.C.)
651		0	_aWashington (D.C.) _xHistory.
651		0	_aWashington (D.C.) _xSocial conditions.
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