Between justice and beauty : race, planning, and the failure of urban policy in Washington, D.C. /

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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 bl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gillette, Howard, Jr., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995
Temas:
Urban policy > Washington (D.C.)
City planning > Washington (D.C.)
Politique urbaine > Washington (D.C.)
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
City planning
Politics and government
Race relations
Social conditions
Urban policy
Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions.
Washington (D.C.) > Politics and government.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations.
Washington (D.C.) > Administration.
Washington (D.C.)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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