Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leighninger, Robert D., 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Subjects:
United States. > Public Works Administration.
United States. > Public Works Administration
Public works > Louisiana > History.
Travaux publics > Louisiane > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Public works
Louisiana
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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