Historic Capital: Preservation, Race, and Real Estate in Washington, D.C.

by Cameron Logan

Washington, D.C. has long been known as a frustrating and sometimes confusing city for its residents to call home. The monumental core of federal office buildings, museums, and the National Mall dominates the city's surrounding neighborhoods and urban fabric. For much of the postwar era, Washingtonians battled to make the city their own, fighting the federal government over the basic question of home rule, the right of the city's residents to govern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816692327
• ISBN13: 9780816692323
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"