Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration /
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 edi...
| Основен автор: | Leighninger, Robert D., 1941- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=221082 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Building Louisiana. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxx, 298 pages) : illustrations |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781604731545 1604731540 |