The Rise of the Public Authority: Statebuilding and Economic Development in Twentieth-Century America

by Gail Radford

Book Overview

In the late nineteenth century, public officials throughout the United States began to experiment with new methods of managing their local economies and meeting the infrastructure needs of a newly urban, industrial nation. Stymied by legal and financial barriers, they created a new class of quasi-public agencies called public authorities. Today these entities operate at all levels of government, and range from tiny operations like the Springfield...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022603772X
• ISBN13: 9780226037721
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"