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Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration /

Robert D. Leighninger, Jr., believes there may be a model for municipal building projects everywhere in the ambitious and artful structures erected in Louisiana by the Public Works Administration. In the 1930s, the PWA built a tremendous amount of infrastructure in a very short time. Most of the edi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leighninger, Robert D., 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I.A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PWA IN LOUISIANA; PART II. CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE: REDEVELOPING COMMUNITY; PART III. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: BUILDING A MODERN ECONOMY; APPENDIX. THE LEGACY: AN INVENTORY OF NONFEDERAL PWA PROJECTS IN LOUISIANA; Notes; Index.