No little plans : how government built America's wealth and infrastructure /: how government built America's wealth and infrastructure. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ian Wray.
• Authors: Wray, Ian
• Contents: Acknowledgements List of Illustrations and Sources 1. Introduction PART I: AMERICAN RETREAT 2. The Crucible of ’68: The Rise and Fall of Rational Planning in America 3. The Fraying of America: The Symptoms, Causes and Consequences of National Fragmentation PART II: AMERICAN ADVANCE 4. The Great and Shining Roads: Planning and Building the American Railroads 5. The Worthless Lands: Creating the World’s First National Parks 6. Deals and Dams 86: Hydroelectric Power and Water for a Continent 7. Engines and Octanes: Wartime Plans and the Evolution of the Military Industrial Complex 8. On the Road : Engineering the Interstate Highways 9. No Little Plans: Power Brokers, Business Elites, and the Making of New York 10. The Moon and the Computer: Apollo 11 and the Shaping of the American Economy 11. Frontiers of the Mind: How Government Created the Internet PART III: AMERICAN DILEMMA 12. The Road from Serfdom: American Missions, Asian Plans, and the Future Index
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 307.1/20973; Planning -- United States; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape; ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning; Economic policy; Planning; United States -- Economic policy; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429489082; 0429489080; 9780429950841; 0429950845; 9780429950827; 0429950829; 9780429950834; 0429950837
• Related ISBNs: 9781138594098; 1138594105; 9781138594104
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 05, 2019).
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