Joseph B. Eastman. Servant of the People / Claude Moore Fuess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuess, Claude Moore, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1952]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A biography of a 19th century worker at the Interstate Commerce Commission, that focuses on his dedication to working for the American people.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

I. Yankee Background

II. Growing Up

III. An Amherst Education

IV. Apprenticeship in Public Service

V. Transition to Power

VI. From State to Nation

VII. The Independent Commissioner

VIII. The Prosperity Era

IX. "Valuation is Vexation"

X. Problems and Policies

XI. Federal Coordinator of Transportation

XII. The Coordinator's Task and Achievements

XIII. Eastman and the New Deal

XIV. The Last Big Job

XV. The End of the Road

XVI. The Measure of a Man

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88505-9

OCLC:

1100434734