Parlor Politics In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government |
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| Editor:
| Allgor, Catherine |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-2118-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Catherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the 19th century used ""social events"" and the ""private sphere"" to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government.
Catherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the 19th century used ""social events"" and the ""private sphere"" to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government.