Sunbelt capitalism : Phoenix and the transformation of American politics /

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Historian Elizabeth Tandy Shermer examines how Barry Goldwater and elite Phoenix businessmen used policy and federal funds to fashion a postwar "business climate," setting off an interstate competition for investment that transformed American politics.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shermer, Elizabeth Tandy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Politics and culture in modern America.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Conservatism > Arizona > Phoenix > History > 20th century.
Cities and towns > Arizona > Phoenix > Growth.
Conservatisme > Arizona > Phoenix > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Villes > Arizona > Phoenix > Croissance.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Cities and towns > Growth
Commerce
Conservatism
Economic history
Politics and government
Social conditions
Phoenix (Ariz.) > Commerce > History > 20th century.
Phoenix (Ariz.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Phoenix (Ariz.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Phoenix (Ariz.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Arizona > Phoenix
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Colonial Prologue
  • Chapter 2. Contested Recovery
  • Chapter 3. The Business of War
  • Chapter 4. The Right to Rule
  • Chapter 5. Grasstops Democracy
  • Chapter 6. Forecasting the Business Climate
  • Chapter 7. "Second War Between the States"
  • Chapter 8. Industrial Phoenix
  • Chapter 9. The Conspicuous Grasstops
  • Chapter 10. "A Frankenstein's Monster"
  • Epilogue Whither Phoenix?
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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