Capital Constructions: Race and the Reimagining of Washington, D.C.'s Local History in the Twentieth Century

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dc.contributor.advisorGiovacchini, Saverioen_US
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Megan Elizabethen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-02-28T06:30:25Z
dc.date.available2007-02-28T06:30:25Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-05en_US
dc.description.abstractFrom the time of its creation to the present day, Washington, D.C. has been conceptualized as a symbol of the United States, rather than a city in its own right. Such a view disregards the idea that Washington, D.C. possesses a local history. Through the investigation of two recognized historic districts--Georgetown and U Street--this thesis explores how Washington, D.C.'s local history has been commemorated. Examining the constructed nature of these historic districts--the "reimagining" of them--reveals that over the course of the twentieth century, Washington, D.C.'s local African American history has been both erased as well as embraced. Furthermore, the recognition of these two areas as historic has had dramatic repercussions for residents of these neighborhoods.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/4305
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistory, United Statesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcommemorationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcollective memoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhistoric preservationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGeorgetownen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledU Streeten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWashington, DCen_US
dc.titleCapital Constructions: Race and the Reimagining of Washington, D.C.'s Local History in the Twentieth Centuryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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