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William Seale

The Imperial Season

America's Capital in the Time of the First Ambassadors, 1893-1918

Buch

This story of the young city of Washington coming up in the international scene is populated with presidents, foreign diplomats, civil servants, architects, artists, and influential hosts and hostesses who were enamored of the idea of world power but had little idea of the responsibilities involved.Between the Spanish American War and World War I, the thrill of America's new international role held the nation's capital in rapture. Visionaries gravitated to Washington and sought to make it the glorious equal to the great European capitals of the day. Remains of the period still define Washington--the monuments and great civic bui… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-58834-624-7
  • EAN: 9781588346247
  • Produktnummer: 24628365
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.

Über den Autor


WILLIAM SEALE is a historian and the author of The White House: History of an American Idea and several other books on state capitals, courthouses, and historic restoration. He is the editor of White House History, the journal of the White House Historical Association.

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