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CONTENTS List of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xvii PART I. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PWA IN LOUISIANA 1. How to Respond to a Great Depression 3 2. Harold Ickes Goes to Work 12 3. Huey Long Versus the PWA 28 4. The Second Louisiana Purchase 45 5. Scandal 56 PART II. CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE: REDEVELOPING COMMUNITY 6. Schools 71 7. Universities 92 8. Courthouses 108 PART III. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: BUILDING A MODERN ECONOMY 9. The U.S. Marine Hospital at Carville and Other Federal Projects 129 10. The New Orleans Charity Hospital 138 11. The French Market 149 12. The Shreveport Incinerator 157 13. Sugar 162 14. The New Orleans Sewer and Water Project 166 15. Beyond the Bayous 180 APPENDIX. THE LEGACY: AN INVENTORY OF NONFEDERAL PWA PROJECTS IN LOUISIANA 187 Notes 269 Index 291 vii This page intentionally left blank ...

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