TY - BOOK ID - 135086797 TI - Engineering expansion : the U.S. Army and economic development, 1787-1860 PY - 2021 SN - 081229811X PB - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, DB - UniCat KW - Economic development KW - History KW - United States. KW - History. KW - United States KW - Army KW - Politics and government KW - American Political Development. KW - Army Corps of Engineers. KW - Bureaucracy. KW - Early America. KW - Economic development. KW - Industrialization. KW - Infrastructure. KW - Military history. KW - State militia. KW - Territorial expansion. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135086797 AB - Engineering Expansion examines the U.S. Army's role in economic development from 1787 to 1860. The book shows how the Army shaped the American economy by expanding the nation's borders; maintaining the rule of law; building roads, bridges, and railroads; and creating manufacturing innovations that spread throughout the private sector. ER -