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Mark H. Rose is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. He is author or editor of several books, including The Best Transportation System in the World, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Tracing the development of the US presidency since Harry S. Truman took office in 1945, this volume describes the many ways the president's actions have affected the development of capitalism in the post-World War II era. Contributors show how the American "Consumer-in-Chief" has exerted a decisive hand as well as behind-the-scenes influence on the national economy and everyday American life.

Brings the story of the US Interstates into the twenty-first century. It includes an account of the destruction of homes, businesses, and communities as the urban expressways destroyed large portions of the nation's central cities. It analyses the subsequent urban freeway revolts. Their detailed research brings to light significant evidence of federal action to tame the spreading freeway revolts, curb the authority of state highway engineers, ...

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Mark H. Rose is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. Bruce E. Seely is Professor of History at Michigan Technological University. Paul F. Barrett was Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Humanities at Illinois Institute of Technology.