Chapter 1 An Overview
Part 1 Origin and Setting
Chapter 2 The Situation From Which the Board Arose
Chapter 3 Predecessors of the Board
Part 2 History, Organization, Operation
Chapter 4 The Evolution of the Board and Its Predecessor Agencies
Chapter 5 Actors in the Board's Operations
Chapter 6 Organization, Structure, and Functioning
Chapter 7 The Roles Played by the Board
Part 3 Substantive Fields and Activities
Chapter 8 NRPB Reports Concerning Natural Resources
Chapter 9 NRPB Reports Concerning People and Their Lives
Chapter 10 NRPB Economic Inquiries and Reports
Chapter 11 NRPB Concerns With Transportation and Urban Structure
Chapter 12 NRPB Reports on Planning
Chapter 13 The NRPB as War and Postwar Planner
Part 4 The NRPB in the Structure of American Government
Chapter 14 The NRPB in Relation to State and Regional Planning Organizations
Chapter 15 The NRPB and Other Executive Branch Agencies
Chapter 16 The NRPB and FDR
Chapter 17 The NRPB and Congress
Part 5 Demise and Legacy
Chapter 18 Why and How Congress Killed the NRPB
Chapter 19 How Hard Did FDR Fight to Save the NRPB?
Chapter 20 The Legacy
Chapter 21 An Appraisal
Chapter 22 Does the United States Need a Reconstituted NRPB Today?