Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C.
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Main Author: Gillette, Jr., Howard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa University of Pennsylvania Press 2006
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Item Description:Biographical note: Howard Gillette, Jr. is Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press
Main description: 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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (320 S.)
ISBN:9780812205299
DOI:10.9783/9780812205299

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