LEADER 02756nam 2200637 450 001 9910554256403321 005 20231110223015.0 010 $a0-8122-9811-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812298116 035 $a(CKB)4940000000613490 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6733490 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6733490 035 $a(OCoLC)1273978997 035 $a(DE-B1597)600699 035 $a(OCoLC)1280944893 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812298116 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000613490 100 $a20220622d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEngineering expansion $ethe U.S. Army and economic development, 1787-1860 /$fWilliam D. Adler 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (241 pages) 225 1 $aAmerican Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law 311 $a0-8122-5348-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Engineering Expansion -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Coercion and Economic Development -- Chapter 2. Building the Nation, Building the Economy -- Chapter 3. Who Commands? -- Chapter 4. Political Entrepreneurs and Institutional Capacity -- Conclusion. The Army and American Political Development -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. 330 $aEngineering Expansion examines the U.S. Army's role in economic development from 1787 to 1860. The book shows how the Army shaped the American economy by expanding the nation's borders; maintaining the rule of law; building roads, bridges, and railroads; and creating manufacturing innovations that spread throughout the private sector. 410 0$aAmerican Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law 606 $aEconomic development$xHistory$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xArmy$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1783-1865 610 $aAmerican Political Development. 610 $aArmy Corps of Engineers. 610 $aBureaucracy. 610 $aEarly America. 610 $aEconomic development. 610 $aIndustrialization. 610 $aInfrastructure. 610 $aMilitary history. 610 $aState militia. 610 $aTerritorial expansion. 615 0$aEconomic development$xHistory 676 $a338.973009034 700 $aAdler$b William D.$01219603 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554256403321 996 $aEngineering Expansion$92819995 997 $aUNINA