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981461
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b735831
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Leighninger, Robert D.,1941-
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Building Louisiana : : the legacy of the Public Works Administration /\ Robert D. Leighninger, Jr.
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| Publication Statement
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Jackson :: University Press of Mississippi,, 2007.
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1 online resource (xxx, 298 pages) :: illustrations
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1283210401
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: 1604731540
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: 6613210404
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: 9781283210409
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: 9781604731545
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: 9786613210401
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1578069459
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9781578069453
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index.
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| Contents
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List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I.A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PWA IN LOUISIANA; PART II. CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE: REDEVELOPING COMMUNITY; PART III. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: BUILDING A MODERN ECONOMY; APPENDIX. THE LEGACY: AN INVENTORY OF NONFEDERAL PWA PROJECTS IN LOUISIANA; Notes; Index.
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Robert D. Leighninger, Jr., believes there may be a model for municipal building projects everywhere in the ambitious and artful structures erected in Louisiana by the Public Works Administration. In the 1930s, the PWA built a tremendous amount of infrastructure in a very short time. Most of the edifices are still in use, yet few people recognize how these schools, courthouses, and other great structures came about. Building Louisiana documents the projects one New Deal agency erected in one southern state and places these in social and political context. Based on extensive research in the Nat.
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United States.
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United States.
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Public works-- Louisiana-- History.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Buildings-- Public, Commercial Industrial.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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Public works.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Louisiana.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.0976309/043
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HD3890.L8L45 2007eb
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