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:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-290) and index.

ISBN:

9786613210401

9781283210409

1283210401

9781604731545

1604731540

OCLC:

221697318