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

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Contents List of Illustrations vii Preface and Acknowledgements ix I. LOCUS OF THE NEW REPUBLIC 1.City of Failed Intentions 5 2. The Specter of Race 27 11. SEAT OF AMERICAN EMPIRE 3. Reconstruction: Social and Physical 49 4. Making a Greater Washington 69 5. The New Washington: City Beautiful 88 6. Reform: Socialand Aesthetic 109 111. THE CITY AND THE MODERN STATE 7. A New Deal for Washington 135 8. Redevelopment and Dissent 151 g. Renewal,Reconstruction, and Retrenchment 170 lo. The Limits of Social Protest Politics 190 Conclusion 208 Afterword 215 Notes on Sources 219 Notes 227 Index 293 ...