Carol Lancaster was the dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University from 2010 until her death in 2014. A member of the US Department of State's policy planning staff and then deputy assistant secretary of state for Africa, she came to SFS in 1981 as a research professor; she later became director of the Africa Studies program. From 1993 to 1996, Carol took a leave of absence from her academic work to serve as deputy administrator of the US Agency for International Development. She was the author of several books including Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics. Douglas Farrar, Carol Lancaster's son, is a policy and communications professional living and working in Washington, DC. A fourth-generation Washingtonian, he completed his mother's book after her death.

Despite the drawbacks of living in a city with the worst schools in the country and with far too much hot air, Ms. Lancaster . . . shows a passion for the place.

• ForewardDouglas Farrar1. Why Washington, DC?2. The History and Politics3. Natural Washington4. Cityscape5. Three People Who Made the City6. Washingtonians7. Toward the City's FutureAcknowledgmetnsNotesIndex

Carol Lancaster was the dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University from 2010 until her death in 2014. A member of the US Department of State's policy planning staff and then deputy assistant secretary of state for Africa, she came to SFS in 1981 as a research professor; she later became director of the Africa Studies program. From 1993 to 1996, Carol took a leave of absence from her academic work to serve as deputy administrator of the US Agency for International Development. She was the author of several books including Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics. Douglas Farrar, Carol Lancaster's son, is a policy and communications professional living and working in Washington, DC. A fourth-generation Washingtonian, he completed his mother's book after her death.

Despite the drawbacks of living in a city with the worst schools in the country and with far too much hot air, Ms. Lancaster . . . shows a passion for the place.

• ForewardDouglas Farrar1. Why Washington, DC?2. The History and Politics3. Natural Washington4. Cityscape5. Three People Who Made the City6. Washingtonians7. Toward the City's FutureAcknowledgmetnsNotesIndex