The “Great Engineer” as Administrator
Herbert Hoover and Modern Bureaucracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10434065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peri E Arnold (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-348 |
| Publication date | 1980-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500031831 |
| OpenAlex | W2099481610 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
A half century ago Herbert Hoover entered the presidency and the “Great Engineer” of the 1920's became, after 1930, the butt of Depression era jokes. The economic collapse which began in 1929 not only broke Hoover's presidency, it obscured his accomplishments as a key public figure in American life during this century
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |