Gail Radford: 1 book
The Rise of the Public Authority
Statebuilding and Economic Development in Twentieth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
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-public...
