Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933-1956

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
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780521139939
ISBN10: 0521139937
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Business & Economics | Economic History

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