Mark H Rose, Bruce E Seely, Paul F Barrett

The Best Transportation System in the World

Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Mark H. Rose is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. Bruce E. Seely is Professor of History at Michigan Technological University. Paul F. Barrett was Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Humanities at Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 543g
• ISBN-13: 9780812221169
• ISBN-10: 0812221168
• Artikelnr.: 28523511

Autorenporträt

Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, and Paul F. Barrett

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Ch.1. Seeking a new regulatory regime in transportation: railroad
consolidation in the 1920s
Ch. 2. The new transportation problem: the politics of transportation
coordination, 1925-1940
Ch. 3. Constructing commercial aviation, 1944-1973
Ch. 4. Run-up to deregulation: surface transportation, 1949-1970
Ch. 5. Transportation in a "Presidential Nation"
Ch. 6. Richard M. Nixon and planning for deregulation, 1970-1974
Ch. 7. Gerald R. Ford and presidential deregulation, 1974-1977
Ch. 8. Jimmy Carter and deregulation of the "best transportation system in
the world," 1977-1980
Ch. 9. The American state and transportation
Conclusion
Acknowledgments