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Between Justice and Beauty : Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C. / Howard Gillette.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) : 34 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812219586
  • 9780812205299
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.6109753
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I. Locus of the New Republic -- II. Seat of American Empire -- III The City and the Modern State -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index
Summary: As the only American city under direct congressional control, Washington has served historically as a testing ground for federal policy initiatives and social experiments-with decidedly mixed results. Well-intentioned efforts to introduce measures of social justice for the district's largely black population have failed. Yet federal plans and federal money have successfully created a large federal presence-a triumph, argues Howard Gillette, of beauty over justice. In a new afterword, Gillette addresses the recent revitalization and the aftereffects of an urban sports arena.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780812205299

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I. Locus of the New Republic -- II. Seat of American Empire -- III The City and the Modern State -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index

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As the only American city under direct congressional control, Washington has served historically as a testing ground for federal policy initiatives and social experiments-with decidedly mixed results. Well-intentioned efforts to introduce measures of social justice for the district's largely black population have failed. Yet federal plans and federal money have successfully created a large federal presence-a triumph, argues Howard Gillette, of beauty over justice. In a new afterword, Gillette addresses the recent revitalization and the aftereffects of an urban sports arena.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)

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