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History of the United States Capitol

其他書名	A Chronicle of Design, Construction, and Politics
出版	U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001
主題	Architecture / History / GeneralArchitecture / Buildings / Public, Commercial & IndustrialArt / Art & PoliticsHistory / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)Political Science / American Government / Legislative BranchPolitical Science / American Government / GeneralTravel / Special Interest / FamilyTravel / United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
ISBN	01605083049780160508301
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BmlM9herfjIC&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋History of the United States Capitol This lavish coffee table book is filled with magnificent color photos, architectural drawings, and illustrations. It also provides a thoroughly documented of the design and construction of the Capitol, along with authoritative bibliographies, notes, and an index. It is printed on permanent paper and enhanced with a full-color image of the Nation's Capitol on the dust jacket. The "History of the United States Capitol" includes sections on: - The variety of designs submitted by famed architects of the 1790's - Controversial and numerous design revisions - The politics involved in the various construction stages - Suspicious events surrounding a fatal accident in 1808 - The British burning of the Capitol in 1814 - Diverse labor problems - the Capitol used a bakery, a barracks, and a hospital during the Civil War