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Empire on the Hudson : entrepreneurial vision and political power at the Port of New York Authority
- Title
- Empire on the Hudson : entrepreneurial vision and political power at the Port of New York Authority / Jameson W. Doig.
- Author
- Doig, Jameson W.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 582 p., [36] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Columbia history of urban life
- Subjects
- Harbors > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
- Harbors > New Jersey > History > 20th century
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey History
- Harbors > Economic aspects > New Jersey > History > 20th century
- Harbors > Economic aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- A Wilsonian hybrid: the powers of government and the spirit of capitalism -- The tensions and opportunities of Federalism: commercial conflict in the New York region -- Designing a new organization: an uneasy marriage of planning and politics -- Modernizing the rail system: contending strategies for an expanding metropolis -- Negotiating with the railroads: regional planning confronts the wary capitalist -- Politics and engineering passion: expanding the Port Authority's dreams -- A web of bridges, tunnels, and political intrigue -- Near bankruptcy and the loss of vision -- Federalism as a lawyers' playground -- The threat to municipal bonds as danger and opportunity -- To claim the skies and the seas -- Breaking the airline monopoly -- More than "a humdrum job of engineering": creating a giant bus station in Manhattan -- A regional empire in American politics: local history and its impact, leadership strategies, and ethical dilemmas -- Epilogue: Triumphs and travails of an aging empire -- Appendix: The Port compact of 1921.
- Call Number
- IRH 01-11940
- ISBN
- 0231076762 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 0231076770 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 00031609
- OCLC
- 44110255
- Author
- Doig, Jameson W.
- Title
- Empire on the Hudson : entrepreneurial vision and political power at the Port of New York Authority / Jameson W. Doig.
- Imprint
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.
- Series
- The Columbia history of urban life
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- IRH 01-11940