The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and Am

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Best Transportation System in the World by Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, Paul F. Barrett This book focuses on the role of government in organizing the nations 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Best Transportation System in the World focuses on the centrality of government in organizing the nations 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.For example, in the mid-1950s, President Eisenhower, concerned about a railroad industry in decline, asked Congress to grant railroad executives authority to modify prices and service even as he introduced the legislation that provided for the national highway system. And as early as the 1960s, presidents across the political spectrum, including Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, sought broad deregulation of the transportation industry in order to prime the economic pump or, in the 1970s, reverse stagflation. At every turn, the authors contend, political considerations served to shape the businesses and infrastructure that Americans use to travel. Author Biography Mark H. Rose is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. Bruce E. Seely is Professor of History at Michigan Technological University. Paul F. Barrett was Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Humanities at Illinois Institute of Technology. Table of Contents PrefaceIntroductionCh.1. Seeking a new regulatory regime in transportation: railroad consolidation in the 1920sCh. 2. The new transportation problem: the politics of transportation coordination, 1925-1940Ch. 3. Constructing commercial aviation, 1944-1973Ch. 4. Run-up to deregulation: surface transportation, 1949-1970Ch. 5. Transportation in a "Presidential Nation"Ch. 6. Richard M. Nixon and planning for deregulation, 1970-1974Ch. 7. Gerald R. Ford and presidential deregulation, 1974-1977Ch. 8. Jimmy Carter and deregulation of the "best transportation system in the world," 1977-1980Ch. 9. The American state and transportationConclusionAcknowledgments Review "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 * Promotional This book focuses on the role of government in organizing the nations 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. Review Quote "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 Promotional "Headline" This book focuses on the role of government in organizing the nations 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. Details ISBN0812221168 Author Paul F. Barrett Short Title BEST TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press Language English ISBN-10 0812221168 ISBN-13 9780812221169 Media Book Format Paperback Birth 1942 Year 2010 Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press Subtitle Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century Place of Publication Pennsylvania Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2010-07-08 AU Release Date 2010-07-08 NZ Release Date 2010-07-08 US Release Date 2010-07-08 Pages 344 Publication Date 2010-07-08 DEWEY 388.0973 Illustrations 17 illus. Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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