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New Deal planning : the National Resources Planning Board
- Title
- New Deal planning : the National Resources Planning Board / Marion Clawson.
- Author
- Clawson, Marion, 1905-1998.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Published for Resources for the Future by Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1981.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Resources for the Future.
- Description
- xxii, 356 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- An overview -- I. Origin and setting. The situation from which the Board arose ; Predecessors of the Board -- II. History, organization, operation. The evolution of the Board and its predecessor agencies ; Actor's in the Board's operations ; Organization, structure, and functioning ; The roles played by the Board -- III. Substantive fields and activities. NRPB reports concerning natural resources ; NRPB reports concerning people and their lives ; NRPB economic inquiries and reports ; NRPB concerns with transportation and urban structure ; NRPB reports on planning ; The NRPB as war and postwar planner -- IV. The NRPB in the structure of American government. The NRPB in relation to state and regional planning organizations ; The NRPB and other executive branch agencies ; The NRPB and Congress -- V. Demise and legacy. Why and how Congress killed the NRPB ; How hard did FDR fight to save the NRPB? ; The legacy ; An appraisal ; Does the United States need a reconstituted NRPB today? -- Appendixes. Appendix A. Documentary history of official actions related to the National Resources Planning Board ; Appendix B. Chronological list of major reports.
- ISBN
- 0801825954
- 9780801825958
- LCCN
- 80008777
- OCLC
- ocm07197129
- 7197129
- SCSB-9423057
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library