To promote the general welfare the case for big government /
To promote the general welfare the case for big government / [electronic resource] :
edited by Steven Conn.
- New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- xvii, 233 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Looking for government in all the wrong places / Brian Balogh -- Transportation and the uniting of the nation / Zachary M. Schrag -- Uncle Sam at the blackboard : the federal government and American education / Jonathan Zimmerman -- Banking on government / Elizabeth Tandy Shermer -- Helmets : government power and the promise for security / Kevin Boyle -- The right to a decent home / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Solving the nation's number one health problem(s) / Karen Kruse Thomas -- Culture for the people : how government has fostered the arts and culture / Steven Conn -- From Franklin to Facebook : the civic mandate for American communications / Richard R. John -- From endeavor to achievement and back again : government's greatest hits in peril -- Notes -- Contibutors -- Index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780199858545 (electronic bk.)
United States--Social policy--19th century.
United States--Social policy--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
Electronic books.
HN57 / .T68 2012
361.973
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Looking for government in all the wrong places / Brian Balogh -- Transportation and the uniting of the nation / Zachary M. Schrag -- Uncle Sam at the blackboard : the federal government and American education / Jonathan Zimmerman -- Banking on government / Elizabeth Tandy Shermer -- Helmets : government power and the promise for security / Kevin Boyle -- The right to a decent home / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Solving the nation's number one health problem(s) / Karen Kruse Thomas -- Culture for the people : how government has fostered the arts and culture / Steven Conn -- From Franklin to Facebook : the civic mandate for American communications / Richard R. John -- From endeavor to achievement and back again : government's greatest hits in peril -- Notes -- Contibutors -- Index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780199858545 (electronic bk.)
United States--Social policy--19th century.
United States--Social policy--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
Electronic books.
HN57 / .T68 2012
361.973