{"product_id":"capital-drawings-c-ford-peatross-9780801872327","title":"Capital Drawings: Architectural Designs for Washington, D.C., from the Library of Congress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe history and development of Washington D.C. as seen through its buildings, monuments, and public and private spaces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past ten years, the Library of Congress has cataloged more than forty thousand drawings, prints, and photographs that capture important developments in the growth of Washington, D.C., and its greater metropolitan area, including Virginia and Maryland. This elegant volume, a guide to the library's massive collection, offers an introduction to its content and a celebration of the ambitious project of designing the nation's capital. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapital Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e features drawings for some of Washington's most important buildings, monuments, and memorials--the United States Capitol, the White House, and the Vietnam Memorial--as well as anonymous structures of everyday life and ambitious projects that were never built. These newly available documents tell the story of the capital's planning and growth. Each of these \"capital drawings\" reflects some aspect of the lives, history, and values of its creators and sponsors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing essays from distinguished scholars in preservation, architecture, and history, \u003ci\u003eCapital Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to explore the history and development of a city and nation through the buildings, monuments, and public and private spaces that have given them physical form and symbolic meaning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Richard Longstreth, George Washington University; C. Ford Peatross, Library of Congress; Pamela Scott, American University; William Seale, White House Historical Association; Damie Stillman, Society of Architectural Historians; Gwendolyn Wright, Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Ford Peatross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801872324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801872327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.22h x 10.12w x 1.29d","brand":"C. Ford Peatross","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48748342444287,"sku":"9780801872327","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capital-drawings-c-ford-peatross-9780801872327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}