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The Best Transportation System in the World : Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century by Bruce E. Seely, Mark H. Rose and Paul F. Barrett (2010, Trade Paperback)

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This book focuses on the role of government in organizing the nation's transportation industries. As the authors show, over the course of the twentieth century transportation in the United States was as much a product of hard-fought politics, lobbying, and litigation as it was a naturally evolving system of engineering and available technology.

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University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812221168
ISBN-13
9780812221169
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Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, Paul F. Barrett
Publication Name
Best Transportation System in the World : Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
344 Pages

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9in
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0.6in
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6in
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"The authors have ambitiously tackled a massive topic and have succeeded in showing the complexities of regulatory policies over an extended period, grasping the 'big picture.'. . . This type of study is long overdue, filling a void in the literature of American transportation history."-Roger Grant,Enterprise and Society, The authors have ambitiously tackled a massive topic and have succeeded in showing the complexities of regulatory policies over an extended period, grasping the 'big picture.'. . . This type of study is long overdue, filling a void in the literature of American transportation history., "The authors have ambitiously tackled a massive topic and have succeeded in showing the complexities of regulatory policies over an extended period, grasping the 'big picture.'. . . This type of study is long overdue, filling a void in the literature of American transportation history."--Roger Grant, Enterprise and Society, "This important book argues persuasively that it was history and politics, not markets and competition, that determined public policy toward transportation from 1920 to 1980. Skillfully pulling together the histories of the various modes of transportation, the book makes the case that politics was more significant even than technical expertise-invariably, the work of experts was bested by politics."-William H. Becker, George Washington University, "This important book argues persuasively that it was history and politics, not markets and competition, that determined public policy toward transportation from 1920 to 1980. Skillfully pulling together the histories of the various modes of transportation, the book makes the case that politics was more significant even than technical expertise--invariably, the work of experts was bested by politics."--William H. Becker, George Washington University, "The authors have ambitiously tackled a massive topic and have succeeded in showing the complexities of regulatory policies over an extended period, grasping the 'big picture.'. . . This type of study is long overdue, filling a void in the literature of American transportation history."-Roger Grant, Enterprise and Society, This important book argues persuasively that it was history and politics, not markets and competition, that determined public policy toward transportation from 1920 to 1980. Skillfully pulling together the histories of the various modes of transportation, the book makes the case that politics was more significant even than technical expertise-invariably, the work of experts was bested by politics.
Table of Content
Preface Introduction Ch.1. Seeking a new regulatory regime in transportation: railroad consolidation in the 1920s Ch. 2. The new transportation problem: the politics of transportation coordination, 1925-1940 Ch. 3. Constructing commercial aviation, 1944-1973 Ch. 4. Run-up to deregulation: surface transportation, 1949-1970 Ch. 5. Transportation in a "Presidential Nation" Ch. 6. Richard M. Nixon and planning for deregulation, 1970-1974 Ch. 7. Gerald R. Ford and presidential deregulation, 1974-1977 Ch. 8. Jimmy Carter and deregulation of the "best transportation system in the world," 1977-1980 Ch. 9. The American state and transportation Conclusion Acknowledgments
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Public Policy / General, United States / 20th Century, General
Dewey Decimal
388.0973
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History, Political Science

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