Internal improvement :: national public works and the promise of popular government in the early United States /

When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they sought more than freedom from bad government: most of the founding generation also desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This book traces the central issue on which early Americans p...

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Main Author: Larson, John Lauritz, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they sought more than freedom from bad government: most of the founding generation also desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This book traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government action--internal improvement. The nation's early republican governments undertook a wide range of internal improvement projects meant to assure Americans' security, prosperity, and enlightenment--from the building of roads, canals, and bridges to the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0807875643
9780807875643
9780807825952
0807825956

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