Long-range public investment : the forgotten legacy of the New Deal / Robert D. Leighninger Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leighninger, Robert D., 1941-

Series:

Social problems and social issues (Columbia, S.C.)

Social problems and social issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public works--United States--History--20th century.

Public works.

New Deal, 1933-1939.

History.

United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

United States.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xviii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2007]

Summary:

In this comprehensive survey combining architectural and social policy studies, Leighninger reappraises the enduring achievements of public investment during the New Deal era and argues that, though these initiatives produced the lasting backbone of the U.S. infrastructure, the value of these long-range investments are now being forgotten. In response he systematically assesses the schools, housing, bridges, roads, power plants, courthouses, hospitals, museums, stadiums, zoos, parks, and other public facilities built under the auspices of the New Deal, most of which are still in use today.

Contents:

Programs. Public works in American history ; The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-42 ; The Public Works Administration, 1933-35 ; The Civil Works Administration, 1933-34 ; The Works Progress Administration, 1935-43 ; The Public Works Administration, 1935-42 ; The Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933- ; Housing ; Resettlement

Issues. Economic stimulus ; Public jobs ; Federalism ; The paradox of pork.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-254) and index.

ISBN:

1570036632

9781570036637

OCLC:

70885012