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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815912903321

Autore

Graham Otis L

Titolo

Toward a planned society : from Roosevelt to Nixon / / Otis L. Graham, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1976

ISBN

0-19-992321-3

1-280-52276-3

0-19-802018-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xvi, 357 pages)

Disciplina

338.973

Soggetti

United States History 20th century

United States Economic policy 1933-1945

United States Economic policy 1945-1960

United States Economic policy 1961-1971

United States Economic policy 1971-1981

United States Social policy

United States Social conditions 1933-1945

United States Social conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. The 1930's: Roosevelt and the Planning Idea; 2. From Pearl Harbor to the Employment Act, 1941-1946; 3. From the Employment Act to the 1960's; 4. The Democrats, 1961-1969; 5. Richard Nixon, 1969-1974; 6. Crossroads; Notes; Bibliography; Index;'

Sommario/riassunto

An interpretive, historical account of the concept, major models, and actual practice of national planning in the United States from the Great Depression to the 1970's, with speculation on future developments.