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Empire on the Hudson : entrepreneurial vision and political power at the Port of New York Authority
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Title
Empire on the Hudson : entrepreneurial vision and political power at the Port of New York Authority / Jameson W. Doig.
ISBN
0231076762
9780231076760
0231076770
9780231076777
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Series
The Columbia history of urban life
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-553) 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.
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History.
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