Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation's Capital second edition edited by Kathryn Schneider Smith

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Washington DC conjures images of marble monuments, national memorials, and world-class museums. To many, the world beyond the National Mall is invisible. Yet within an area of only 68 square miles lies a residential city of diversity, beauty, and charm. In the long-awaited update of her 1988 classic Washington at Home, Kathryn Schneider Smith and a team of historians, journalists, folklorists, museum professionals, and others who know the city intimately offer a fresh look at the social history of this intriguing city through the prism of 26 diverse neighborhoods.

Lavishly illustrated with engaging historical photographs and maps, Washington at Home introduces readers to the famous residents, colorful characters, distinct flavors, and important events that helped shape the city beyond the federal façade. This second edition adds six new neighborhoods from all parts of the city. Extensive notes make the book invaluable for those doing their own research as well as the more casual reader.

Journalists, historians, politicians, residents, real estate agents, and students regularly consult Washington at Home as the standard resource on the social history of Washington DC. This expanded and updated edition will appeal to residents, both new and old, as well as to visitors eager to deepen their experience in the nation's capital.

Kathryn Schneider Smith, a historian, author, and editor, is the founding executive director of Cultural Tourism DC, a past president of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., and the founding editor of its journal, Washington History.

May, American History
8.5 x 10.5, 552 pp., 15 color illus., 293 halftones, 27 line drawings

Historian and Cultural Tourism DC founder Kathy Smith discusses Washington's neighborhoods on the Kojo Nnamdi Show. Click here to listen.

To view author/contributor Jim Byers' interview with The DC Place on Washington At Home and the history of the Hillcrest neighborhood. Click here.