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BL
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1010288
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b764658
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| Main Entry
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Larson, John Lauritz,1950-
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| Title & Author
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Internal improvement : : national public works and the promise of popular government in the early United States /\ John Lauritz Larson.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2001.
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1 online resource (xv, 324 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0807875643
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: 9780807875643
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0807825956
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0807849111
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9780807825952
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9780807849118
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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An experiment in republicanism -- Designs of the monied gentry -- Toward a national republican alternative -- The problems with state initiatives -- The "progress" of consolidation -- Spoiling internal improvements -- State initiatives again -- Into the railway age -- Designs of a new monied gentry.
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| Abstract
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When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they sought more than freedom from bad government: most of the founding generation also desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This book traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government action--internal improvement. The nation's early republican governments undertook a wide range of internal improvement projects meant to assure Americans' security, prosperity, and enlightenment--from the building of roads, canals, and bridges to the.
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Infrastructure (Economics)-- Government policy-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Public works-- Government policy-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Business Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Government Business.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Structural Adjustment.
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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Infrastructure (Economics)-- Government policy.
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Infrastrukturpolitik
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.
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Public works-- Government policy.
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Wirtschaftspolitik
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Economische politiek.
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United States, Economic conditions, To 1865.
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United States, Economic policy, To 1933.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.973
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| LC Classification
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HC105.L26 2001eb
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| NLM classification
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83.52bcl
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