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Under the Iron Dome

Author : Paul S. Herrnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000438090
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Under the Iron Dome written by Paul S. Herrnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-19 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a glimpse into the professional lives of members of Congress and the staff, political consultants, and others who work beneath the Capitol’s iconic dome. It shows some of the historic challenges, daily trials and tribulations, and public and private triumphs and failures that defi ne working life on the Hill. Original chapters by practitioners who have been there off er a fresh understanding of congressional elections, policy making, and party leadership, as well as landmark institutional developments, such as the growing influence of women and minorities in the legislative process. Each author brings a personal knowledge of Congress, providing unique insight into the opaque world of committee assignments, the hustle and bustle of fl oor activity, the cross- examination of committee testimony, and the beehive of activity in a member’s Washington or district offi ce, or committee’s office. Collectively, they provide keen insights into the institutions, procedures, and politics that shape congressional policy making. Additionally, the historic two impeachments of then- President Donald J. Trump are examined to showcase some of the extraordinary politics taking place on Capitol Hill. Aimed at anyone working in Congress or wanting to infl uence public policy, this book is also an excellent classroom supplement for political science courses at every level and a compelling read for citizens who want to understand how Congress works and why it sometimes does not.

Freedom's Cap

Author : Guy Gugliotta
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0809046814
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Freedom's Cap written by Guy Gugliotta and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the modern U.S. Capitol, the iconic seat of American government, is also the chronicle of America's most tumultuous years. An award-winning journalist has captured with impeccable detail the clash of personalities behind the building of the Capitol and its extraordinary design and engineering.

State Houses

Author : Susan W. Thrane
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
ISBN 13 : 9781550464573
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book State Houses written by Susan W. Thrane and published by Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magnificent celebration of America's state capitol buildings. These glorious buildings are, in the author's words, "the homes of history," where laws are passed, where democracy is enacted, where history is written. Though each state capitol bears some similarity to the other forty-nine, each in its architecture and design reflects uniquely the pride of its state, both culturally and historically. For this unprecedented project, photographer Tom Patterson traveled to each of America's fifty state capitals to capture the architectural beauty and dignity of its capitol building in glorious large-format color images. Writer Susan W. Thrane reveals fascinating details about each capitol building's beginnings: the events surrounding construction background on its architects and builders dimensions and costs primary features and main rooms unique furnishings and works of art. The book also discusses important moments in the history of each building and the state itself, including: the origin of the state's name its capital city when the state was admitted to the Union, and the number of members in its legislative bodies.

History of the United States Capitol

Author : Glenn Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book History of the United States Capitol written by Glenn Brown and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Capital Speculations

Author : Sarah Luria
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584655022
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Capital Speculations written by Sarah Luria and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative analysis of the interplay between rhetoric and physical space in the creation of the nation's capital.

Black Men Built the Capitol

Author : Jesse Holland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762751924
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Black Men Built the Capitol written by Jesse Holland and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book of its kind, with comprehensive up-to-date details Historic sites along the Mall, such as the U.S. Capitol building, the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, are explored from an entirely new perspective in this book, with never-before-told stories and statistics about the role of blacks in their creation. This is an iconoclastic guide to Washington, D.C., in that it shines a light on the African Americans who have not traditionally been properly credited for actually building important landmarks in the city. New research by a top Washington journalist brings this information together in a powerful retelling of an important part of our country's history. In addition the book includes sections devoted to specific monuments such as the African American Civil War Memorial, the real “Uncle Tom's cabin,” the Benjamin Banneker Overlook and Frederick Douglass Museum, the Hall of Fame for Caring Americans, and other existing statues, memorials and monuments. It also details the many other places being planned right now to house, for the first time, rich collections of black American history that have not previously been accessible to the public, such as the soon-to-open Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Monument, as well as others opening over the next decade. This book will be a source of pride for African Americans who live in or come from the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area as well as for the 18 million annual African American visitors to our nation's capital. Jesse J. Holland is a political journalist who lives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He is the Congressional legal affairs correspondent for the Associated Press, and his stories frequently appear in the New York Times and other major papers. In 2004, Holland became the first African American elected to Congressional Standing Committee of Correspondents, which represents the entire press corps before the Senate and the House of Representatives. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he is a frequent lecturer at universities and media talk shows across the country.

Constantino Brumidi

Author : Barbara A. Wolanin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410222695
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (226 download)

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Download or read book Constantino Brumidi written by Barbara A. Wolanin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year many of the millions of people who visit the United States Capitol are surprised and delighted to discover that the building is not only the home of the Congress but also a museum and gallery of fine art. Among the most remarkable works in the Capitol are the paintings of Constantino Brumidi, who devoted much of the last twenty-five years of his life to decorating the building. Indeed, his contributions to the Capitol are unsurpassed by those of any other artist. This is the first scholarly, in-depth publication on Brumidi. The book is an outgrowth of the mural conservation program. Much of the beauty of Brumidi's work was hidden under grime and overpaint, and some murals were threatened by cracking plaster.

Building Big

Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395963319
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Building Big written by David Macaulay and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companion volume to PBS series which originally aired October 2000.

Minnesota's Capitol

Author : Leigh Roethke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781890434670
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Minnesota's Capitol written by Leigh Roethke and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minnesota?s Capitol, a Centennial Story presents an educational and entertaining look at the house that Minnesota built. Replicated in butter sculpture and picture postcards by creative and enterprising citizens, theCapitol building in St. Paul was the pride of the state and the envy of the nation when it opened in 1905.For one hundred years the Capitol has been the hub of government and an enduring symbol for an ever-changing Minnesota. Through lively historical narratives, plentiful pictures, and creative activities, learn how the Capitol came to represent the North Star state and how Minnesota made itself at home in gleaming marble structure on the hill.

Montana's State Capitol

Author : Kirby Lambert
Publisher : Montana Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780917298837
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Montana's State Capitol written by Kirby Lambert and published by Montana Historical Society. This book was released on 2002 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In honor of the Capitol's centennial, the building's history is described back to its construction 100 years ago. Lavishly illustrated, the volume provides a long overdue tribute to this crown jewel of Montana architecture. 27 photos. 45 illustrations.

Murder at the Capitol

Author : C. M. Gleason
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1496724003
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Murder at the Capitol written by C. M. Gleason and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1861, just months after the Battle of Fort Sumter plunges the young nation into civil war, President Lincoln’s top priority is to unite the country, while Adam Quinn finds himself on the trail of a murderer . . . On Independence Day, the citizens of Washington, DC, are celebrating as if there isn’t a war. But the city is teeming with green Union recruits while President Lincoln and his War Department are focused on military strategy to take Richmond in Secessionist Virginia in order to bring the conflict to a swift end. Manassas, Virginia, near Bull Run Creek, is in their sights. The very next morning, as Congress convenes once more, a dead body is found hanging from the crane beneath the unfinished dome of the Capitol. Lincoln’s close confidant, Adam Speed Quinn, is called upon to determine whether the man had taken his own life, or if someone had helped him. With the assistance of Dr. George Hilton and journalist Sophie Gates, Quinn investigates what turns out to be murder. But the former scout is about to be blindsided, for a Southern sympathizer in the city is running a female spy network reporting to the Confederacy, and she has an insidious plot to foil the Union Army’s march to Manassas by employing the charms of one Constance Lemagne to get as close to Adam as possible . . .

Cut & Assemble the Capitol Building

Author : Matt Bergstrom
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486814742
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Cut & Assemble the Capitol Building written by Matt Bergstrom and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy-to-make scale model includes instructions and diagrams that explain every step of the assembly process, from cutting, folding, and gluing to the finishing touches. Includes a brief history of the landmark.

Library Of Congress

Author : John Y Cole
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393045635
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Library Of Congress written by John Y Cole and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997-11-04 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, Herbert Small, a newspaperman, wrote a guide to the building and its decoration. His text, edited by Henry Hope Reed, is reproduced here. It is preceded by introductory essays by historian and Librarian of Congress Emeritus Daniel J. Boorstin and noted writer Brendan Gill. The planning and construction of the building are detailed in John Y.

The U.S. Congress

Author : Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019028014X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The U.S. Congress written by Donald A. Ritchie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second edition of The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than thirty years, takes readers on a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tour of Capitol Hill, pointing out the key players, explaining their behavior, and translating parliamentary language into plain English. No mere civics lesson, this eye-opening book provides an insider's perspective on Congress, matched with a professional historian's analytical insight. After a swift survey of the creation of Congress by the constitutional convention, he begins to unscrew the nuts and pull out the bolts. What is it like to campaign for Congress? To attract large donors? To enter either house with no seniority? He answers these questions and more, explaining committee assignments and committee work, the role of staffers and lobbyists, floor proceedings, parliamentary rules, and coalition building. Ritchie explores the great effort put into constituent service-as representatives and senators respond to requests from groups and individuals-as well as media relations and news coverage. He also explores how the grand concepts we all know from civics class--checks and balances, advise and consent, congressional oversight--work in practice in an age of strong presidents and a muscular Senate minority.

The United States Capitol

Author : Henry Hope Reed
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780393038316
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book The United States Capitol written by Henry Hope Reed and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With some 150 stunning full-color images, this visual celebration of an American landmark features an illustrated glossary of architectural terms and a section of brief biographies of the people associated with the U.S. Capitol building.

The Art of the Missouri Capitol

Author : Bob Priddy
Publisher : University of Missouri
ISBN 13 : 9780826219213
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Missouri Capitol written by Bob Priddy and published by University of Missouri. This book was released on 2011 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After fire destroyed Missouri's capitol in 1911, voters approved a bond issue to construct a new statehouse. The tax to pay the bonds produced a one-million-dollar surplus, leaving a vast amount of money to decorate the new building. A special commission of art-minded Missourians employed some of the nation's leading painters and sculptors to create powerful and often huge pieces of art to adorn Missouri's most important new structure. The art of the Missouri capitol was considered among the finest to adorn any state capitol. But the passage of time has lessened recognition of the pieces and their creators. Most people--even those daily wandering the marble halls--have little knowledge of the significance of the art and the history it portrays. Bob Priddy and Jeffrey Ball return the capitol's decorations to prominence in The Art of the Missouri Capitol: History in Canvas, Bronze, and Stone. The book tells the many stories behind the art: the rigors of its creation, the political roadblocks that endangered the decoration program, and the triumph of the commissioners who devoted more than ten years to the project. The Art of the Missouri Capitol presents the art in 270 images, many by Lloyd Grotjan, mostly of the building's many compelling paintings, murals, and sculptures. Priddy, a journalist who has covered the Missouri legislature for more than three decades, and Ball, an art historian, use a wealth of historical materials to connect the grand design of the capitol decorations with accounts of sometimes temperamental artists and meddling politicians. The authors provide historical and artistic context to explain the many surprising, controversial choices the artists made, and they use Missouri history to explain the tales depicted in the artwork, revealing the events--and inaccuracies--that the paintings bring to life. The authors honor the Missouri capitol's artistic excellence in a way that will appeal to art enthusiasts and history buffs as well as to general readers. The Art of the Missouri Capitol: History in Canvas, Bronze, and Stone is the definitive account of the art's creation, of the men who produced it, and of the Missourians who lived the history that inspired it.

To Make Beautiful the Capitol

Author : Diane K. Skvarla
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780160921001
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book To Make Beautiful the Capitol written by Diane K. Skvarla and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of renowned Italian-born artist Constantino Brumidi's masterful work "making beautiful" the walls and ceilings of the United States Capitol over a span of 25 years starting in 1854. Every page delights with gorgeous, full-color photographs and images of Brumidi's art, from photographs of the frescoes and decoration, to sketches, paintings and images of the artist, particularly the Brumidi Corridors and his "monumental fresco" in the Capitol Rotunda, called The Apotheosis of Washington. Fascinating anecdotes are included throughout of the artist and the inspirations he received for various elements, his relationship with engineer Montgomery C. Meigs, and the conservation efforts to preserve his work accurately for posterity.