Title: The rise of the public authority : statebuilding and economic development in Twentieth-Century America /
Authors: Radford, Gail.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Government corporations United States History; Federal land banks United States History
Abstract: In this volume, the author recounts the history of the inscrutable government organizations which now control so many aspects of American life and command budgets ranging from small to enormous.
Contents: The campaign for a federal fleet corporation -- The creation of the federal land banks -- Municipalities struggle to meet new needs -- The truncated career of autonomous federal agencies -- The federal government promotes public authorities -- Public authorities since the Second World War -- Epilogue: The future of public authorities -- Appendix: Federal corporate agencies.