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

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Book Review: Attacks longstanding social problems head-on in search of solutions
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Summary of Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C.

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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• History > Americas > United States > 20th Century
• State & Local > Mid-Atlantic
• General
• Nonfiction > Current Events > Poverty > Social Services & Welfare
• Social Sciences > Sociology > Race Relations > America
• Urban Planning & Development > General