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Building New Deal liberalism

the political economy of public works, 1933-1956

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An edition of Building New Deal liberalism (2005)

Building New Deal liberalism

the political economy of public works, 1933-1956

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"This book provides the first historical study of New Deal public works programs and their role in transforming the American economy, landscape, and political system during the twentieth century. Reconstructing the story of how reformers used public authority to reshape the nation, Jason Scott Smith argues that the New Deal produced a revolution in state-sponsored economic development. The scale and scope of this dramatic federal investment in infrastructure laid crucial foundations - sometimes literally - for postwar growth, presaging the national highways and the military industrial complex. This exhaustively researched analysis underscores the importance of the New Deal in comprehending political and economic change in modern America by placing political economy at the center of the "new political history." Drawing on a remarkable range of sources, Smith provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of the relationship between the New Deal's welfare state and American liberalism."--Jacket.

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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Pages
283

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Subjects

Economic conditions, Economic policy, History, Liberalism, New Deal, 1933-1939, Politics and government, Economics

Places

United States

Times

1918-1945, 1933-1945, 20th century
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Cover of: Building New Deal liberalism
Building New Deal liberalism: the political economy of public works, 1933-1956
2006, Cambridge University Press
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Building New Deal liberalism: the political economy of public works, 1933-1956
2005, Cambridge University Press
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Table of Contents

Reevaluating the New Deal state and the public works revolution
Economic development and unemployment in the early New Deal
Making a New Deal state: patronage and the public works administration
The dilemma of New Deal public works: people or projects?
"Boondoggling" and the welfare state
Party building and "pernicious political activities": the road to the Hatch Act
Public works and New Deal liberalism in reorganization and war
Public works and the postwar world
Epilogue: public works and the building of New Deal liberalism.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
338.973/009/043
Library of Congress
HC106.3 .S537 2005, HC106.3 .S537 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
283

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3394981M
ISBN 10
0521828058
LCCN
2005006335
OCLC/WorldCat
58456509
LibraryThing
782229
Goodreads
523984

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Work ID
OL5817708W

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