TY - BOOK AU - Peirce,Neal R. TI - The megastates of America: people, politics, and power in the ten great States SN - 0393054586 AV - E839.5 .P35 U1 - 917.3/03/92 PY - 1972///] CY - New York PB - Norton KW - State governments KW - United States KW - Local KW - Politics and government KW - 1945-1989 KW - Social conditions KW - 1960-1980 KW - Economic conditions KW - 1971-1981 N1 - New York; still the seat of Empire.--Massachusetts; a golden age?--New Jersey; in the shadows of Megalopolis.--Pennsylvania; twilight time?--Ohio: The middle class society.--Illinois and the mighty lakeside city: Where clout counts.--Michigan; auto empires and unions.--Florida: The man-made State.--Texas: land of the monied establishment.--California; the great Nation State.--Bibliography (p. [695]-716) ER -