The Resource Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration, Robert D. Leighninger, Jr
Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration, Robert D. Leighninger, Jr
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The item Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration, Robert D. Leighninger, Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- Robert D. Leighninger, Jr., believes there may be a model for municipal building projects everywhere in the ambitious and artful structures erected in Louisiana by the Public Works Administration. In the 1930s, the PWA built a tremendous amount of infrastructure in a very short time. Most of the edifices are still in use, yet few people recognize how these schools, courthouses, and other great structures came about. Building Louisiana documents the projects one New Deal agency erected in one southern state and places these in social and political context. Based on extensive research in the Nat
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxx, 298 pages)
- Contents
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- List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I.A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PWA IN LOUISIANA; PART II. CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE: REDEVELOPING COMMUNITY; PART III. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: BUILDING A MODERN ECONOMY; APPENDIX. THE LEGACY: AN INVENTORY OF NONFEDERAL PWA PROJECTS IN LOUISIANA; Notes; Index
- Isbn
- 9781604731545
- Label
- Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration
- Title
- Building Louisiana
- Title remainder
- the legacy of the Public Works Administration
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert D. Leighninger, Jr
- Subject
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- ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings | Public, Commercial & Industrial
- Public works -- Louisiana -- History
- Louisiana
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- History
- United States, Public Works Administration
- Electronic books
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
- Public works
- Electronic book
- United States, Public Works Administration
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Robert D. Leighninger, Jr., believes there may be a model for municipal building projects everywhere in the ambitious and artful structures erected in Louisiana by the Public Works Administration. In the 1930s, the PWA built a tremendous amount of infrastructure in a very short time. Most of the edifices are still in use, yet few people recognize how these schools, courthouses, and other great structures came about. Building Louisiana documents the projects one New Deal agency erected in one southern state and places these in social and political context. Based on extensive research in the Nat
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Leighninger, Robert D.
- Dewey number
- 363.0976309/043
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD3890.L8
- LC item number
- L45 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Public works
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- ARCHITECTURE
- Public works
- Louisiana
- Label
- Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration, Robert D. Leighninger, Jr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I.A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PWA IN LOUISIANA; PART II. CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE: REDEVELOPING COMMUNITY; PART III. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: BUILDING A MODERN ECONOMY; APPENDIX. THE LEGACY: AN INVENTORY OF NONFEDERAL PWA PROJECTS IN LOUISIANA; Notes; Index
- Control code
- 221697318
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxx, 298 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781604731545
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt2kj2w4
- 06f156de-b87e-461c-bf8f-edf8b66da52a
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)221697318
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Building Louisiana : the legacy of the Public Works Administration, Robert D. Leighninger, Jr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I.A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PWA IN LOUISIANA; PART II. CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE: REDEVELOPING COMMUNITY; PART III. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: BUILDING A MODERN ECONOMY; APPENDIX. THE LEGACY: AN INVENTORY OF NONFEDERAL PWA PROJECTS IN LOUISIANA; Notes; Index
- Control code
- 221697318
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxx, 298 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781604731545
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt2kj2w4
- 06f156de-b87e-461c-bf8f-edf8b66da52a
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)221697318
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings | Public, Commercial & Industrial
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- History
- Louisiana
- Public works
- Public works -- Louisiana -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- United States, Public Works Administration
- United States, Public Works Administration
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