The best transportation system in the world : railroads, trucks, airlines, and American public policy in the twentieth century / Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, Paul F. Barrett

Author:: Rose, Mark H., 1942-
Published:: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2006]
Copyright Date:: ©2006
Physical Description:: xxvi, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators:: Seely, Bruce Edsall, 1953-
Barrett, Paul F., 1943-2004

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Historical perspectives on business enterprise

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments -- Seeking a new regulatory regime in transportation: railroad consolidation in the 1920s -- The new transportation problem: the politics of transportation coordination, 1925-1940 -- Constructing commercial aviation, 1944-1973 -- Run-up to deregulation: surface transportation, 1949-1970 -- Transportation in a "presidential nation" -- Richard M. Nixon and planning for deregulation, 1970-1974 -- Gerald R. Ford and presidential deregulation, 1974-1977 -- Jimmy Carter and deregulation of the "best transportation system in the world," 1977-1980 -- The American state and transportation, 1980-1995.

Subject(s):

Transportation and state—United States—History—20th century

ISBN:

0814210368 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814210369 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814291139 (cd-rom)
9780814291139 (cd-rom)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-300) and index.

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