I. Locus of the New Republic. 1. City of Failed Intentions. 2. The Specter of Race -- II. Seat of American Empire. 3. Reconstruction: Social and Physical. 4. Making a Greater Washington. 5. The New Washington: City Beautiful. 6. Reform: Social and Aesthetic -- III. The City and the Modern State. 7. A New Deal for Washington. 8. Redevelopment and Dissent. 9. Renewal, Reconstruction, and Retrenchment. 10. The Limits of Social Protest Politics
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Social conditions History
Washington (D.C.)
Notes
"Portions of chapter 8 appeared in an earlier version as 'A national workshop for urban policy: the metropolitanization of Washington, 1946-1968,' The public historian 7, no. 1 (1985), 7-27"--T.p. verso
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-287) and index