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> This message was originally submitted by JENICE@AOL.COM to the H-DC > I am a native Washingtonian and an educator who thinks that the book is one > of the best, most accessible text ever written on the subject. There are many > outstanding histories of the city, but "City" is the most comprehensive and > up-to-date. It is supposed to be the text for high school DC history courses > (not sure if this is so: I teach middle school and my high schooler is not > required to learn DC history). Some people have criticized it for being "too > black" in the sense that it dares to include many of the people and events that are > part of the history of non-federal, non-official, non-aristocratic D.C., but > so be it. > > Jenice View > >Matthew Gilmore H-DC list co-editor, web editor dc-edit@mail.h-net.msu.edu http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~dclist/ [list website] http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/lists/subscribe.cgi?list=H-DC [subscribe to H-DC] Remember to check http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=lm&list=h-dc for past list messages.
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