Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933-1956

By Jason Scott Smith

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521139937
• ISBN13: 9780521139939
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"