| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 218 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The campaign for a federal fleet corporation -- The creation of the federal land banks -- Municipalities struggle to meet new needs -- The truncated career of autonomous federal agencies -- The federal government promotes public authorities -- Public authorities since the Second World War -- Epilogue : The future of public authorities -- Appendix : Federal corporate agencies. |
| Summary |
"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 Parking Authority in Massachusetts, which runs thirteen parking lots and garages, to mammoth enterprises like the Tennessee Valley Authority, with nearly twelve billion dollars in revenues each year. In The Rise of the Public Authority, Gail Radford recounts the history of these inscrutable agencies, examining how and why they were established, the varied forms they have taken, and how these pervasive but elusive mechanisms have molded our economy and politics over the past hundred years."--Publisher's website |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Government corporations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Government corporations. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Federal land banks -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Federal land banks. |
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History. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Radford, Gail. Rise of the public authority. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013 9780226037691 (DLC) 2012047522 (OCoLC)809911062 |
| ISBN |
9780226037868 (electronic book) |
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022603786X (electronic book) |
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9780226037691 |
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022603769X |
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9780226037721 |
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022603772X |
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