The megastates of America
Subtitle: people, politics, and power in the ten great States
By: [by] Neal R. Peirce.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 745
Subjects: State governments -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Economic conditions -- 1971-1981; United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980
Description: Covers states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Texas, and California.
Table of contents: title: New York; still the seat of Empire.; title: Massachusetts; a golden age?; title: New Jersey; in the shadows of Megalopolis.; title: Pennsylvania; twilight time?; title: Ohio: The middle class society.; title: Illinois and the mighty lakeside city: Where clout counts.; title: Michigan; auto empires and unions.; title: Florida: The man-made State.; title: Texas: land of the monied establishment.; title: California; the great Nation State.; title: Bibliography (p. [695]-716)