Parlor politics : in which the ladies of Washington help build a city and a government
(Adult Reference)
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Published
Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2000.
Status
Center for Local History - Center For Local History, Nonfiction
VA 305.42 A435p
2 available
VA 305.42 A435p
2 available
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Center for Local History - Center For Local History, Nonfiction | VA 305.42 A435p | Available |
Center for Local History - Center For Local History, Nonfiction | VA 305.42 A435p | Available |
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Published
Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2000.
Format
Adult Reference
Physical Desc
299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.
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When Thomas Jefferson moved his Republican administration into the new capital city in 1801, one of his first acts was to abolish any formal receptions, except on specific holidays. His successful campaign for the presidency had been partially founded on the idea that his Federalist enemies had assumed dangerously aristocratic trappings. His deep suspicion of any occasion that resembled a European court caused a major problem, however: without the face-to-face relationships and networks created in society, the American experiment in government could not function. Into this conundrum, writes Catherine Allgor, stepped women like Dolley Madison and Louisa Catherine Adams, women of political families who used the unofficial, social sphere to cement the relationships that politics needed to work. Not only did they create a space in which politics was effectively conducted; their efforts legitimated the new republic and the new capital in the eyes of European nations.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Allgor, C. (2000). Parlor politics: in which the ladies of Washington help build a city and a government . University Press of Virginia.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Allgor, Catherine, 1958-. 2000. Parlor Politics: In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government. University Press of Virginia.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Allgor, Catherine, 1958-. Parlor Politics: In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government University Press of Virginia, 2000.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Allgor, Catherine. Parlor Politics: In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government University Press of Virginia, 2000.
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