Reframing American Highway Politics, 1956-1995

Journal of Planning History

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-236

  Rose, Mark H ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daniel Moynihan; devolution; George H. W. Bush; highway engineer; Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act; ISTEA; Samuel Skinner; U.S. Department of Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992875333     PISSN: 15385132     EISSN: 15526585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538513203255260     Document Type: Article

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