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Designing a New America : The Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890-1943 Political Development of the American Nation
author
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Reagan, Patrick D.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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1558492305
print isbn13
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9781558492301
ebook isbn13
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9780585352398
language
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English
subject
United States--Economic policy--1933-1945, New Deal, 1933-1939, United States.--National Resources Planning Board.
publication date
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1999
lcc
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HC106.3.R36 1999eb
ddc
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338.973/009/043
subject
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United States--Economic policy--1933-1945, New Deal, 1933-1939, United States.--National Resources Planning Board.
Page i
Designing a New America
Page ii
A VOLUME IN THE SERIES
Political Development of the American Nation Studies in Politics and History
Edited by Sidney M. Milkis and Jerome M. Mileur
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Designing a New America
The Origins of New Deal Planning, 18901943
Patrick D. Reagan
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Copyright 1999 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 99-30717 ISBN 1-55849-230-5 Designed by Jack Harrison Set in Adobe Bembo by Graphic Composition, Inc. Printed and bound by Sheridan Books
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reagan, Patrick D., 1953 Designing a new America : the origins of New Deal planning, 18901943 / Patrick D. Reagan. p. cm.(Political development of the American nation : studies in politics and history) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55849-230-5 (cloth : alk. paper). 1. United StatesEconomic policy19331945. 2. New Deal, 19331939. 3. United States. National Resources Planning Board I. Title. II. Series: Political development of the American nation. HC106.3.R36 2000 338.973'009'043DC21 99-30717 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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To Reilly for everything
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
1 The Origins of New Deal Planning Organizational Change and Public-Policy Making in Modern America
1
2 Frederic A. Delano, Father of New Deal Planning Upper-Class Duty, Managerialism, and City and Regional Planning
28
3 Charles E. Merriam and Social Science Politics, Professionalism, and Planning
53
4 Wesley Clair Mitchell and Economic Research Business Cycles, Social Science, and Hooverian Planning
82
5 Henry S. Dennison and the Middle Way Business, Welfare Capitalism, and Associational Planning
111
6 Beardsley Ruml, Foundation Manager Philanthropy, Social Science, and Public Policy
140
7 The Organizational Nexus of New Deal Planning From Hoover to FDR
168
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8 The Crucible of Planning Recession, War, and Postwar Planning, 19371943
196
Epilogue The Abolition and Legacy of New Deal Planning
224
Abbreviations
247
Notes
249
Bibliography
309
Index
353
Page ix
Acknowledgments
While writing is a solitary endeavor, research is a collective one. Bringing the two processes together creates communities of scholars, colleagues, friends, and family that we all wish could be found everywhere. While engaged in this project, I received encouragement, suggestions, and helpful criticism from a number of people. Their assistance has made this a better book. I did not always follow the proffered advice, so where mistakes exist they are mine alone.
Scholars cannot work without the courteous, professional, and quietly effective labors of librarians and archivists. At the Department of Special Collections of the University of Chicago Library, Michael Ryan and the staff of Delena Little, Susan Rugh, Albert Tanner, and Betty Teleky offered friendly assistance with a touch of humor. Jeri Nunn and Elizabeth B. Mason guided me through the Columbia Oral History Collection, while archivist Kenneth A. Lohf of the Rare Book and Manuscript Room of the Butler Library at Columbia University led the way through manuscript collections and cataloged letters. At the Harvard University Archives, Dr. Clark Elliott and Kathy Miller not only assisted with research in the Hansen papers, but also tracked down student and alumni records for Frederic Delano, Henry Dennison, and Charles W. Eliot II. At the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Archives, Florence Bartoshesky located company histories and filled in gaps in the correspondence of Henry Dennison, while engaging me in thoughtful conversation. Archivists at the Herbert C. Hoover Library assisted me in working through the Hoover and Hunt papers. The Library of Congress staff professionally eased research in the Harold Ickes and John Merriam collections. Richard Crawford and Karen Paul of the Legislative and Natural Resources Branch of the Civil Archives Division at the National Archives went beyond the call of duty in locating materials. Their heroic
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