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John P. Richardson Alexander Robey Shepherd (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Alexander Robey Shepherd : the Man Who Built the Nation's Capital
- Publication Name
- Alexander Robey Shepherd
- Title
- Alexander Robey Shepherd
- Subtitle
- The Man Who Built the Nation’s Capital
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0821422499
- EAN
- 9780821422496
- ISBN
- 9780821422496
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Architecture, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Urban & Land Use Planning, American Government / Local, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Public Affairs & Administration, United States / 19th Century, General, Political, Artists, Architects, Photographers
- Release Year
- 2016
- Release Date
- 15/10/2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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With "Alexander Robey Shepherd, " John P. Richardson gives us the first full-length biography of his subject, who as Washington, D.C. s, public works czar (1871 74) built the infrastructure of the nation s capital in a few frenetic years after the Civil War. The story of Shepherd is also the story of his hometown after that cataclysm, which left the city with churned-up streets, stripped of its trees, and exhausted.
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Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
0821422499
ISBN-13
9780821422496
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222049634
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alexander Robey Shepherd : the Man Who Built the Nation's Capital
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Urban & Land Use Planning, American Government / Local, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Public Affairs & Administration, United States / 19th Century, General, Political, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Architecture, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.1in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F198.R525 2016
Reviews
"With skill, nuance, and the mining of primary sources, John Richardson brings visionary and/or corrupt political hack Alexander 'Boss' Shepherd, the remarkable 'New Washington,' and the heady early years of the Gilded Age to life." --Kathryn Allamong Jacob, author of King of the Lobby: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-about-Washington in the Gilded Age, "With skill, nuance, and the mining of primary sources, John Richardson brings visionary and/or corrupt political hack Alexander 'Boss' Shepherd, the remarkable 'New Washington,' and the heady early years of the Gilded Age to life."--Kathryn Allamong Jacob, author of King of the Lobby: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-about-Washington in the Gilded Age, "John Richardson's lucid biography of the central figure in Washington's municipal history before the 1970s will benefit Washingtonians but also historians of all American cities. Through painstaking research, Richardson reveals common themes in the two seemingly disconnected segments of Shepherd's storied career: as the visionary but imperious public works official who made Washington a modern city in the 1870s, and then as the imperialistic operator of American-owned mines in Díaz-era Mexico."--Alan Lessoff, author of The Nation and Its City: Politics, "Corruption," and Progress in Washington, D.C, 1861-1902, "Shepherd's story, told [here] with skill and confidence, is at once the story of a great American character, with all his great achievements--bold, visionary, pragmatic, entrepreneurial; and notable flaws.... It's also the story of a great and complex American city's recovery from the Civil War, growth in the industrial age, and implementation of one of the world's greatest urban plans. In short, it's how Washington became a city." -- From the foreword by Tony Williams, mayor of Washington, D.C., 1999-2007, "Shepherd's story, told [here] with skill and confidence, is at once the story of a great American character, with all his great achievements--bold, visionary, pragmatic, entrepreneurial; and notable flaws.... It's also the story of a great and complex American city's recovery from the Civil War, growth in the industrial age, and implementation of one of the world's greatest urban plans. In short, it's how Washington became a city."--From the foreword by Tony Williams, mayor of Washington, D.C., 1999-2007, "This fascinating study of Shepherd--a kind of proto-Robert Moses--belongs on any bookshelf devoted to the evolution of the American cityscape. The strength of Richardson's research and writing is in the care and balance he brings to the tale. Washington, D.C., comes alive here, and so does Shepherd: sometimes hero and sometimes villain, he is always compelling and utterly human." --Scott W. Berg, author of Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C., "Richardson's lucid biography will benefit historians of all American cities. Through painstaking research, Richardson reveals common themes in the two seemingly disconnected segments of Shepherd's storied career: as the visionary but imperious public works official who made Washington a modern city in the 1870s, and then as the imperialistic operator of American-owned mines in Mexico." --Alan Lessoff, author of The Nation and Its City: Politics, "Corruption," and Progress in Washington, D.C, 1861-1902, "John Richardson's lucid biography of the central figure in Washington's municipal history before the 1970s will benefit Washingtonians but also historians of all American cities. Through painstaking research, Richardson reveals common themes in the two seemingly disconnected segments of Shepherd's storied career: as the visionary but imperious public works official who made Washington a modern city in the 1870s, and then as the imperialistic operator of American-owned mines in Daz-era Mexico."--Alan Lessoff, author of The Nation and Its City: Politics, "Corruption," and Progress in Washington, D.C, 1861-1902, Shepherd's story, told [here] with skill and confidence, is at once the story of a great American character, with all his great achievements--bold, visionary, pragmatic, entrepreneurial; and notable flaws.... It's also the stor|9780821422496|, "This fascinating study of Shepherd--a kind of proto-Robert Moses--belongs on any bookshelf devoted to the evolution of the American cityscape. The strength of Richardson's research and writing is in the care and balance he brings to the tale. Washington, D.C., comes alive here, and so does Shepherd: sometimes hero and sometimes villain, he is always compelling and utterly human."--Scott W. Berg, author of Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C., "The controversy surrounding Shepherd's legacy can be reduced to a single question: Do the ends justify the means? Richardson concludes that the physical development that Washington experienced during Shepherd's leadership of the Board of Public Works did indeed justify the exorbitant financial costs, the questionable business practices, and the loss of self-government....It is a tribute to Richardson's careful research and balanced narrative that many readers may disagree with his assessments of this fascinating but flawed man."-- Washington History
Copyright Date
2016
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2016-024887
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