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Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration / Robert D. Leighninger, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leighninger, Robert D., 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public works--Louisiana--History.
- Public works.
- United States. Public Works Administration.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 1930's, the PWA built a tremendous amount of infrastructure in a very short time. Most of the edifices are still in use, yet few people recognize how these schools, courthouses, and other great structures came about. Building Louisiana documents the projects one New Deal agency erected in one southern state and places these in social and political context. Based on extensive research
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613210401
- 9781283210409
- 1283210401
- 9781604731545
- 1604731540
- OCLC:
- 221697318
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