EMPIRE OF MUD: THE SECRET HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, DC
Book ID/图书代码： 05170014B68599
English Summary/英文概要： Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical memorials today, but for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen. Unfilled swamps, filthy canals, and rutted horse trails littered its landscape. Beneath pestilential air, the town’s muddy roads led to a stumpy, half-finished Washington Monument and the wasteland of the national Mall. Boarding houses and slums lined the streets, and opposing factions of volunteer firefighters battled one another in gang warfare. Legendary madams entertained clients from all stations of society, duelists killed one another and mobs ran riot, and political bosses dispatched hooligans and thugs to conduct the nation’s affairs. Featuring a rich cast of characters from radical journalists and political demagogues to corrupt policemen and insidious slave traders, Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital’s beginnings and explores how the city was tainted from the start, its turbulent history setting a precedent for the dishonesty and mismanagement that have prompted generations to look suspiciously on the deeds of Washington politicians ever since.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 今天的华盛顿DC拥有着庄严的柱石和霓虹灯般经典的回忆，然而数十年来，它一直都是世界上最糟糕的首都城市。填不平的沼泽，肮脏的运河，满是马车车辙的道路上随处可见的垃圾构成了它的景观。在充斥的污染的空气中，城镇泥泞的道路通往那尊粗短、半完工的华盛顿纪念碑以及国家广场所处的那篇荒芜之地。街道两边排列着各种各样的寄宿公寓和平民窟，敌对团体的志愿救火员们在一次次帮派冲突中无止境的斗争着。传奇的女人们娱乐着来自社会各界的客户，决斗者们相互残杀，暴民们发动了一场场暴动，政客们通过处决小流氓和暴徒来展示自己的政绩。通过呈现各式各样的人物形象，从激进的记者和煽动民心的政客，到腐化的警察和邪恶的奴隶交易，《肮脏帝国》揭露并解开了我们的首都建都之初时的肮脏本质，探究了这座城市是如何从开始之初就已经受到了污染，其动荡的历史为其虚伪和不治设立了先例和榜样，也正因为此，才使得无数代人不禁怀疑华盛顿DC的政客们一直以来的所作所为。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： J·D·狄吉思是一名作家，著有无数的指南类书籍，其中包括Washington, D.C., Directions 和 The Rough Guide to Washington, D.C等。他的作品曾刊登在《独立报》《每日电讯报》以及许多网络媒体上，如Budget Travel, The Fix, 和 Void 杂志等。
J. D. Dickey is the author of numerous guidebooks, including Washington, D.C., Directions and The Rough Guide to Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in the Independent and Daily Telegraph along with online publications such as Budget Travel, The Fix, and Void magazine.
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