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In profiling nine cities grappling with challenges of the twenty-first century, author Howard Gillette, Jr. evaluates the uneven efforts to secure racial and class equity as city fortunes have risen. Charting the tension between the practice of corporate subsidy and efforts to assure social justice, The Paradox of Urban Revitalization assesses the course of urban politics and policy over the past half century, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended everything, and details prospects for achieving greater equity in the years ahead.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49742477295889,"sku":"NGR9780812253719","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51008170983697,"sku":"NIN9780812253719","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/081225371X.jpg?v=1752317173"},{"product_id":"between-justice-and-beauty-book-howard-gillette-9780812219586","title":"Between Justice and Beauty","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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49794620031249,"sku":"CIN0812219589G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50205122167057,"sku":"CIN0812219589VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007971393809,"sku":"NIN9780812219586","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812219589.jpg?v=1752316114"},{"product_id":"between-justice-and-beauty-book-howard-gillette-9780801850691","title":"Between Justice and Beauty","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 monumental federal presence - a triumph, argues Howard Gillette, of beauty over justice. Beginning in 1790, Gillette traces the ambiguous legacy of congressional involvement in Washington's urban development. He describes how, even before the Civil War, initiatives that began as economic development became entangled with issues of race. He explains how this city, belonging to the nation, has reflected the nation's concerns first with white rule and later, clumsily and haltingly, with equal opportunity. Yet despite ambitious planning and generous spending, Gillette argues, federal participation in Washington's affairs has proven largely unsuccessful. A primer on the political and social history of the nation's capital (and the particular problems of Marion Barry's Washington), this text concludes with the suggestion that Congress retrocede all but the heart of the city to Maryland, as it earlier did Alexandria County to Virginia. With the issue of congressional relations with America's cities again at the centre of public discussion, the questions raised in this book aim to provoke debate, both inside the Beltway and beyond.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50362758037777,"sku":"CIN080185069XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/080185069X.jpg?v=1750818501"},{"product_id":"american-urbanism-book-howard-gillette-9780313249679","title":"American Urbanism","description":"One of the major growth fields of the past quarter century, American urban history has generated a rich and diverse literature spanning a number of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. In this time of transition, historians and practitioners alike can benefit greatly from assessing the contributions of the field. This valuable reference work takes a critical approach to existing literature. 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