Paving the way
Michael R. Fein · 2008
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About the book
"Most historians have credited New Deal initiatives in economic regulation and social welfare policy with bringing about the modern American state. Michael Fein now reveals the surprising story of how road building paved the way to the modern state during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and how public works policy emerged as a third critical pillar in support of state building." "Fein charts five distinct road-building policy regimes to explain how a basic function of governance - providing public ways - evolved from 1880 to 1956. He also explores the contested nature of these regime changes, as cycling and automobile clubs, construction and real estate interests, hard-nosed agrarians, urban bosses, and professional engineers sought to shape highway policy to their advantage."--Jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 316
- ISBN
- 9780700615629
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