The rise of the public authority : statebuilding and economic development in Twentieth-Century America

The rise of the public authority statebuilding and economic development in Twentieth-Century America

"In the late nineteenth century, public officials throughout the United States began to experiment with new methods of managing their local economies and meeting the infrastructure needs of a newly urban, industrial nation. Stymied by legal and financial barriers, they created a new class of qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Radford, Gail (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press 2013.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46059684*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The campaign for a federal fleet corporation
  • The creation of the federal land banks
  • Municipalities struggle to meet new needs
  • The truncated career of autonomous federal agencies
  • The federal government promotes public authorities
  • Public authorities since the Second World War
  • Epilogue : The future of public authorities
  • Appendix : Federal corporate agencies.

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