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Washington: Village and Capital, 1800–1878
Author Constance McLaughlin Green
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subject Washington, DC
Publication date
1962
Awards Pulitzer Prize for History
Followed byWashington: Capital City, 1879–1950 

Washington, Village and Capital: 1800–1878 (1962) is first volume of a two-volume Pulitzer Prize–winning work by American historian Constance McLaughlin Green, tracing the development of Washington, DC, from 1800 to 1878. [1] Green won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for History for it. [2] Donald H. Mugridge of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., called the work "the first volume of what is self-evidently the most important general history of the City of Washington, and I have no hesitation in saying the most important contribution to the knowledge of its history, in nearly half a century." [3]

Green's second volume was published in 1963, titled Washington: Capital City, 1879–1950, tracing its development from 1879 to 1950. [4]

References

  1. ^ Green, Constance McLaughlin (1962). Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878: 1800-1878. Princeton University Press.
  2. ^ Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.  303. ISBN  978-1-57356-111-2.
  3. ^ Mugridge, Donald H. (1963). "Constance McLaughlin Green's "Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878"". Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 63/65. Historical Society of Washington, D.C.: 80–95. JSTOR  40067356.
  4. ^ "The Capital Is a City". Sunday Book Review. The New York Times. February 16, 1994. p. BR12.