Main entry:

Schrag, Zachary M.

Title & Author:

The Great Society subway : a history of the Washington Metro / Zachary M. Schrag.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Description:

xv, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-346) and index.
The city, 1791-1955. -- The plans, 1955-1965. -- The stations, 1965-1967. -- The region, 1966-1967. -- The bridge, 1966-1971. -- The builders, 1972-1976. -- The money, 1972-1980. -- The district. -- The suburbs. -- The riders.

Summary:

Includes information on architecture, highways, mass transit systems, BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), New York subway, etc.

Resources:
ebrary
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Contributor biographical information
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

080188246X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780801882463

Subject:

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Histoire.
Subways Washington Metropolitan Area.
Local transit Social aspects Washington Metropolitan Area.
Subways Washington Metropolitan Area History.
Métros Washington, Agglomération de Histoire.
Transports publics Aspect social Washington, Agglomération de.
Métros Washington, Agglomération de.
Local transit Social aspects
Subways
Untergrundbahn
Verkehrspolitik
Stadsspoorwegen.
Métros Conception et construction États-Unis Washington (D.C.) Histoire.
Transports publics Aspect social États-Unis Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area
Washington, DC

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 244453
Call No.: BIB 174133
Status: Available