{"product_id":"the-best-transportation-system-in-the-world-railroads-trucks-airlines-and-american-public-policy-in-the-twentieth-century-paperback-softback-9780812221169","title":"The Best Transportation System in the World; Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812221169","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Best Transportation System in the World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRailroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark H. Rose (Author), Bruce E. Seely (Author), Paul F. Barrett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812221169\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 July 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 17 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The authors have ambitiously tackled a massive topic and have succeeded in showing the complexities of regulatory policies over an extended period, grasping the 'big picture.'. . . This type of study is long overdue, filling a void in the literature of American transportation history.\" (Roger Grant, \u003ci\u003eEnterprise and Society\u003c\/i\u003e) \"This important book argues persuasively that it was history and politics, not markets and competition, that determined public policy toward transportation from 1920 to 1980. Skillfully pulling together the histories of the various modes of transportation, the book makes the case that politics was more significant even than technical expertise-invariably, the work of experts was bested by politics.\" (William H. Becker, George Washington University)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best Transportation System in the World\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the centrality of government in organizing the nation's transportation industries. As the authors show, over the course of the twentieth century, transportation in the United States was as much a product of hard-fought politics, lobbying, and litigation as it was a naturally evolving system of engineering and available technology.\u003cbr\u003e For example, in the mid-1950s, President Eisenhower, concerned about a railroad industry in decline, asked Congress to grant railroad executives authority to modify prices and service even as he introduced the legislation that provided for the national highway system. And as early as the 1960s, presidents across the political spectrum, including Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, sought broad deregulation of the transportation industry in order to prime the economic pump or, in the 1970s, reverse stagflation. At every turn, the authors contend, political considerations served to shape the businesses and infrastructure that Americans use to travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Ch.1. Seeking a new regulatory regime in transportation: railroad consolidation in the 1920s\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 2. The new transportation problem: the politics of transportation coordination, 1925-1940\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 3. Constructing commercial aviation, 1944-1973\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 4. Run-up to deregulation: surface transportation, 1949-1970\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 5. Transportation in a \"Presidential Nation\"\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 6. Richard M. Nixon and planning for deregulation, 1970-1974\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 7. Gerald R. Ford and presidential deregulation, 1974-1977\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 8. Jimmy Carter and deregulation of the \"best transportation system in the world,\" 1977-1980\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 9. The American state and transportation\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555687264536,"sku":"9780812221169","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-best-transportation-system-in-the-world-railroads-trucks-airlines-and-american-public-policy-in-the-twentieth-century-paperback-softback-9780812221169","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}