02974nam 2200589Ia 450 991045453180332120200520144314.00-8078-7564-3(CKB)1000000000746913(EBL)427142(OCoLC)559361661(SSID)ssj0000181011(PQKBManifestationID)11172207(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000181011(PQKBWorkID)10157711(PQKB)11226565(MiAaPQ)EBC427142(Au-PeEL)EBL427142(CaPaEBR)ebr10022616(CaONFJC)MIL929621(EXLCZ)99100000000074691320000720d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInternal improvement[electronic resource] national public works and the promise of popular government in the early United States /John Lauritz LarsonChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20011 online resource (342 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-2595-6 0-8078-4911-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-318) and index.Acknowledgments; Introduction: An Experiment in Republicanism; 1. Designs of the Monied Gentry; 2. Towards a National Republican Alternative; 3. The Problems with State Initiatives; 4. The ""Progress"" of Consolidation; 5. Spoiling Internal Improvements; 6. State Initiatives Again; 7. Into the Railway Age; Epilogue: Designs of a New Monied Gentry; Notes; Bibliography; IndexWhen the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they sought more than freedom from bad government: most of the founding generation also desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This book traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government action--internal improvement. The nation's early republican governments undertook a wide range of internal improvement projects meant to assure Americans' security, prosperity, and enlightenment--from the building of roads, canals, and bridges to theInfrastructure (Economics)Government policyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPublic worksGovernment policyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesEconomic policyTo 1933United StatesEconomic conditionsTo 1865Electronic books.Infrastructure (Economics)Government policyHistoryPublic worksGovernment policyHistory338.973Larson John Lauritz1950-884643MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454531803321Internal improvement1975522UNINA