01276cam a2200277   4500001000700000003000800007005001700015008004100032010001700073020001500090040003900105043001200144050001700156082001500173100002000188245010900208250001400317260003100331300002100362350001100383505041100394650003800805651005500843651005100898651004900949765535BD-DhUL20170423192310.0711122s1972    nyu      bs   001 0 eng    a   70163375   a0393054586  aDLCcDLCdDLCdOCoLCdDLCdBD-DhUL  an-us---00aE839.5b.P3500a917.3bPEI1 aPeirce, Neal R.14aThe megastates of America :bpeople, politics, and power in the ten great States /c[by] Neal R. Peirce.  a[1st ed.]  aNew York :bNorton,c1972.  a745 p. ;c24 cm.  a$12.950 aNew 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) 0aState governmentszUnited States. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1945-1989. 0aUnited StatesxEconomic conditionsy1971-1981. 0aUnited StatesxSocial conditionsy1960-1980.