The Rise of the Public Authority - Statebuilding and Economic Development in Twentieth-Century America - Gail Radford - Paperback Bog - The University
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
Description
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. This title recounts the history of these inscrutable government corporations.
