No little plans : how government built America's wealth and infrastructure /: how government built America's wealth and infrastructure. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- No little plans : how government built America's wealth and infrastructure /: how government built America's wealth and infrastructure. (2019)
- Main Title:
- No little plans : how government built America's wealth and infrastructure
- 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). - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.439125
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