Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. ONE. The Campaign for a Federal Fleet Corporation 17
6. TWO. The Creation of the Federal Land Banks 41
7. THREE. Municipalities Struggle to Meet New Needs 71
8. FOUR. The Truncated Career of Autonomous Federal Agencies 89
9. FIVE. The Federal Government Promotes Public Authorities 117
10. SIX. Public Authorities since the Second World War 135
11. EPILOGUE. The Future of Public Authorities 155
12. APPENDIX. FEDERAL CORPORATE AGENCIES 167
13. NOTES 175
14. INDEX 213