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000456792 24500 $$aTo promote the general welfare :$$bthe case for big government /$$cedited by Steven Conn.
000456792 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bOxford University Press,$$cc2012.
000456792 300__ $$axvii, 233 p. ;$$c21 cm.
000456792 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000456792 5050_ $$aLooking for government in all the wrong places / Brian Balogh -- Transportation and the uniting of the nation / Zachary M. Schrag -- Uncle Sam at the blackboard : the federal government and American education / Jonathan Zimmerman -- Banking on government / Elizabeth Tandy Shermer -- Helmets : government power and the promise for security / Kevin Boyle -- The right to a decent home / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Solving the nation's number one health problem(s) / Karen Kruse Thomas -- Culture for the people : how government has fostered the arts and culture / Steven Conn -- From Franklin to Facebook : the civic mandate for American communications / Richard R. John -- From endeavor to achievement and back again : government's greatest hits in peril -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index.
000456792 520__ $$aLost in all the Tea Party rage and rhetoric is this simple fact: the federal government plays a central role in making our society function, and it always has. The essays in this volume explore the many ways government programs have improved the quality of life in America. From education, communication, and transportation to arts and culture, housing, finance, and public health, they explore how and why government programs originated, how they have worked and changed-- and been challenged-- since their inception, and why many of them are important to preserve.
000456792 520__ $$a"Americans love to hate their government, but the simple fact is that the federal government plays a central role in making our society function, and it always has. Edited by Steven Conn and written by some of America's leading scholars, the essays in To Promote the General Welfare explore the many ways government programs have improved the quality of life in America. Covering everything from education, communication, and transportation to arts and culture, housing, finance, and public health, this book explains how and why government programs originated, how they have worked and changed--and been challenged--and why many of them are important to preserve."--P. [4] of cover.
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