Main entry:

Doig, Jameson W.

Title & Author:

Empire on the Hudson : entrepreneurial vision and political power at the Port of New York Authority / Jameson W. Doig.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.

Description:

xix, 582 p., [36] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

The Columbia history of urban life

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-553) and index.
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.
Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0231076762 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780231076760
0231076770 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780231076777

Subject:

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey History.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Harbors New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Harbors New Jersey History 20th century.
Harbors Economic aspects New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Harbors Economic aspects New Jersey History 20th century.
Ports New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle.
Ports New Jersey Histoire 20e siècle.
Ports Aspect économique New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle.
Ports Aspect économique New Jersey Histoire 20e siècle.
Harbors.
Harbors Economic aspects.
New Jersey.
New York (State) New York.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Columbia history of urban life.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216855
Call No.: HE554.N5 D6 2001
Status: Available