Capital Speculations: Writing and Building Washington, D.C. (Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies)
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press
Published: November 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781584655015
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; c 1700 to c 1800; History and criticism; Architecture and literature; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Washington (D.C.); History: American; District of Columbia (Washington, DC); American - General; United States - General; History / United States / General; American literature; General; 19th century
First sentence: The significance of speculation to the planning and early development of the Federal City, as Washington was first called, has been well documented by Bob Arnebeck and John W. Reps. Arnebeck notes that "understanding what the speculators did to the city [of Washington] is as crucial to understanding the city as studying what L'Enfant did or how the White House and Capitol were designed and built."