Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933-1956 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521139939)

Reconstructing the story of how reformers used public authority to reshape the nation, Jason Scott Smith argues that the New Deal produced a revolution in state-sponsored economic development. The scale and scope of this dramatic federal investment in infrastructure laid crucial foundations--sometimes literally--for postwar growth, prestaging the national highways and the military-industrial complex. This impressive and exhaustively researched analysis underscores the importance of the New Deal in comprehending political and economic change in modern America.

Author: Jason Scott Smith
ISBN-10: 0521139937
ISBN-13: 9780521139939
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/28/2009
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d