New Deal Planning: The National Resources Planning Board

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Foreword xiii
• Preface and Acknowledgments xv
• 1 - An Overview 1
• I - Origin and Setting 19
• 2 - The Situation from Which the Board Arose 21
• 3: Predecessors of the Board 30
• II - History, Organization, Operation 37
• 4 - The Evolution of the Board and Its Predecessor Agencies 39
• 5 - Actors in the Board's Operations 52
• 6 Organization, Structure, and Functioning 84
• 7 - The Roles Played by the Board 86
• III - Substantive Fields and Activities 105
• 8 Nrpb Reports Concerning Natural Resources 123
• 9 Nrpb Reports Concerning People and Their Lives 142
• 10 - Nrpb Economic Inquiries and Reports 144
• 11: Nrpb Concerns with Transportation and Urban Structure 158
• 12 - Nrpb Reports on Planning 165
• 13 - The Nrpb as War and Postwar Planner 176
• IV - The Nrpb in the Structure of American Government 187
• 14 - The Nrpb in Relation to State and Regional Planning Organizations 189
• 15 - The Nrpb and Other Executive Branch Agencies 199
• 16 - The Nrpb and Fdr 208
• 17 - The Nrpb and Congress 214
• V - Demise and Legacy 223
• 18 - Why and How Congress Killed the Nrpb 225
• 19 - How Hard Did Fdr Fight to Save the Nrpb? 237
• 20 - The Legacy 242
• 21 - An Appraisal 255
• 22 - Does the United States Need a Reconstituted Nrpb Today? 264
• Appendixes 287
• Index 349
• About the Author 357

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