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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.

Economic development --- History --- United States. --- History. --- United States --- Army --- Politics and government --- American Political Development. --- Army Corps of Engineers. --- Bureaucracy. --- Early America. --- Economic development. --- Industrialization. --- Infrastructure. --- Military history. --- State militia. --- Territorial expansion.