Internal Improvement National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States |
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| Author:
| Larson, John Lauritz |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-4911-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.50 |
Book Description:
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When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This text traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government: internal improvement.
When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This text traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government: internal improvement.