Between Justice and Beauty : Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C. /
Gillette, Howard
Between Justice and Beauty : Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C. / Howard Gillette. - 1 online resource (320 p.) : 34 illus.
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812219586 9780812205299
10.9783/9780812205299 doi
American History.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
American History. American Studies. Political Science. Public Policy. Urban Studies.
361.6109753
Between Justice and Beauty : Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C. / Howard Gillette. - 1 online resource (320 p.) : 34 illus.
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812219586 9780812205299
10.9783/9780812205299 doi
American History.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
American History. American Studies. Political Science. Public Policy. Urban Studies.
361.6109753