The history of public policy in postwar America tends to fixate on
developments at the national level, overlooking the crucial work
done by individual states in the 1960s and '70s. In this book,
Nicholas Dagen Bloom demonstrates the significant and enduring
impact of activist states in five areas: urban planning and
redevelopment, mass transit and highways, higher education,
subsidized housing, and the environment. Bloom centers his story on
the example set by New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, whose
aggressive initiatives on the pressing issues in that period
inspired others and led to the establishment of long-lived state
polices in an age of decreasing federal power. Metropolitan areas,
for both better and worse, changed and operated differently because
of sustained state action--How States Shaped Postwar America
uncovers the scope of this largely untold story.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2019 |
| Authors: |
Nicholas Dagen Bloom
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
392 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-49831-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-226-49831-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226498317 |
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