Research Catalog

Title

Paving the way : New York road building and the American state, 1880-1956 / Michael R. Fein.

Author

Fein, Michael R.

Publication

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2008.

Details

Description

viii, 316 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Alternative Title

New York road building and the American state, 1880-1956

Subjects

• Central-local government relations > New York (State) > History
• Roads > New York (State) > History
• Roads > Political aspects > United States > History
• Central-local government relations > United States > History
• State-local relations > New York (State) > History
• Roads > Political aspects > New York (State) > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-303) and index.

Contents

Old ways: the local road-building regime in late-nineteenth-century New York -- New ways: the emergence of a subfederal road-building regime, 1898-1919 -- Highways: state-centered bureaucracy and the elevation of engineer-administrators, 1919-1931 -- Clearing the way: depression, war, and the nationalization of the bureaucratic regime, 1931-1945 -- Authority: the Thruway and the consolidation of the bureaucratic regime, 1945-1956 -- Conclusion: Warning signs : weak points in the bureaucratic regime.

Call Number

IR 10-2457

ISBN

• 9780700615629 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0700615628 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007043603

OCLC

176861530

Author

Fein, Michael R.

Title

Paving the way : New York road building and the American state, 1880-1956 / Michael R. Fein.

Imprint

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2008.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-303) and index.

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Research Call Number

IR 10-2457