| Edition |
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed |
| Description |
viii, 259 p. ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"How our government built America, and why it just rebuild now."--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-242) and index |
| Contents |
The Louisiana Purchase -- The Erie Canal -- The Transcontinental Railroad -- The Land Grant Colleges -- The Homestead Act -- The Panama Canal -- The Rural Electrification Administration -- The Reconstruction Finance Corporation -- The G.I. Bill |
| Summary |
Describes ten large-scale public investments, including the Louisiana Purchase, the Panama Canal, and the G.I. Bill, and their impact on American economics and society |
| Subject |
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Government policy -- United States
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Public works -- United States
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Public investments -- United States
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United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
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| ISBN |
1416533125 |
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