The founding of the national capital -- The "Seat of empire," 1800-1812 -- Phoenix on the Potomac, 1812-1817 -- Disillusionment and readjustments, 1818-1829 -- The Jacksonian "Revolution" and after, 1829-1840 -- Quiescent interlude, 1840-1848 -- The eye of the hurricane, 1849-1860 -- The city and the hill, 1849-1860 -- The eve of war, November 1860-May 1861 -- The civic and economic impact of war, 1861-1865 -- Contrabands, "Secesh," and impending social revolution, 1861-1865 -- Reconstruction and resistance, 1865-1868 -- The advance of the social revolution, 1868-1871 -- Boss shepherd and the building of the "New Washington," 1871-1874 -- Social and cultural crosscurrents, 1871-1874 -- The inheritance of the past -- Real estate and civic enterprise, 1879-1901 -- Municipal housekeeping, 1879-1901 -- Only for the worthy, 1879-1901 -- Everyday life in the white community, 1879-1901 -- Colored Washington, 1879-1901 -- The city beautiful, 1901-1916 -- The reverse of the coin: social betterment, 1901-1916 -- The board of trade and public affairs, 1901-1916 -- The city of conversation, 1901-1916 -- The beginnings of organized negro protest, 1901-1916 -- The great crusade and anticlimax, 1917-1918 -- The aftermath of the colored man's war, 1917-1919 -- Business interests and national city planning, 1920-1929 -- The intellectual and social climate, 1920-1929 -- Civic conscience, 1920-1929 -- The role of the public schools, 1920-1941 -- Before and after the bonus march, 1930-1933 -- The new deal capital in white and black, 1933-1940 -- Running uncle Sam's Company Town, 1933-1941 -- "Purely a local affair," 1933-1940 -- Capital of the free world, 1940-1945 -- Postwar designs for the future, 1945-1950.

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