Internal improvement : national public works and the promise of popular government in the early United States /
Larson, John Lauritz,1950-
Chapel Hill ; London : University of North Carolina Press,
c2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-318) and index.
An experiment in republicanism -- Designs of the monied gentry -- Toward a national republican alternative -- The problems with state initiatives -- The "progress" of consolidation -- Spoiling internal improvements -- State initiatives again -- Into the railway age -- Designs of a new monied gentry.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Public works