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Descripción Softcover. Condición: new. At the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers President Washington chose a diamondshaped site for the city that would bear his name along with the burdens and blessings of democracy Situated midway between North and South the capital was also a gateway to the Westa contested wilderness where rough frontiersmen were already carving a divided nationWith Indians on their borders and black slaves in their midst the countrys white founders struggled to embody in bricks and stone the paradoxical republic they had invented Inspired by Greek and Roman models city planners and designers scoured the Western worldfrom Hadrians Pantheon to Palladios Vicenza to the French Royal Academyfor an architectural language to capture the elusive principles of liberty equality and unionWashington from the Ground Up tells the story of a nation whose Enlightenment ideals were tested in the fires of rebellion removal and resistance It is also a tale of two cities official Washington whose stately neoclassical buildings expressed the governments power and global reach and DC whose minority communities especially African Americans lived in the shadows of poverty Moving chronologically and geographically throughout the District James McGregor reads this complex history from monuments and museums libraries and churches squares and neighborhoods that can still be seen today His lucid narrative accompanied by detailed maps and copious illustrations doubles as a visitors guide to this uniquely American city. Nº de ref. del artículo: DADAX0674046420