The Imperial Season
America's Capital in the Time of the First Ambassadors, 1893-1918
$43.42
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2018
Summary
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.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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588346247 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1588346242 |
| Author: | William Seale |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Books |
| Imprint: | Smithsonian Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 152mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
White House History editor Seale (The Garden Club of America s One Hundred Years of a Growing Legacy, 2013, etc.) takes the reader on a tour through the nation s corridors of power during the decades when Washington, D.C., emerged as a truly world capital
About The Author
William Seale
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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