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200 10$aInternal improvement $enational public works and the promise of popular government in the early United States /$fJohn Lauritz Larson
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2001
215   $a1 online resource (342 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8078-2595-6 
311   $a0-8078-4911-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-318) and index.
327   $aAcknowledgments; 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; Index
330   $aWhen 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 the
606   $aInfrastructure (Economics)$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century
606   $aPublic works$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century
607   $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$yTo 1933
607   $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$yTo 1865
615  0$aInfrastructure (Economics)$xGovernment policy$xHistory
615  0$aPublic works$xGovernment policy$xHistory
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700   $aLarson$b John Lauritz$f1950-$01708834
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