The Rise of the Public Authority : Statebuilding and Economic Development in Twentieth-Century America /

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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 quasi-pu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Radford, Gail (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2013]
Temas:
Federal land banks - United States - History - 20th century.
Federal land banks > United States > History > 20th century.
Government corporations > United States > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONE. The Campaign for a Federal Fleet Corporation
  • TWO. The Creation of the Federal Land Banks
  • THREE. Municipalities Struggle to Meet New Needs
  • FOUR. The Truncated Career of Autonomous Federal Agencies
  • FIVE. The Federal Government Promotes Public Authorities
  • SIX. Public Authorities since the Second World War
  • EPILOGUE. The Future of Public Authorities
  • APPENDIX. FEDERAL CORPORATE AGENCIES
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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