| Building New Deal Liberalism Contributor(s): Smith, Jason Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521828058 ISBN-13: 9780521828055 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $70.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: This book provides the first historical study of New Deal public works programs and their role in transforming the American economy, landscape, and political system during the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 338.973 |
| LCCN: 2005006335 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Jason Scott: - Jason Scott Smith is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico. He previously held a Mellon Fellowship in American Studies at Cornell University, where he was a visiting assistant professor in the Department of History and the Department of Government. In 2001 2 he was the Harvard Newcomen Fellow at the Harvard Business School, where he taught courses on the history of capitalism. His work has appeared in a number of journals, including the Journal of Social History, Pacific Historical Review, Reviews in American History, and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History. |