Empire on the Hudson : entrepreneurial vision and political power at the Port of New York Authority /
Jameson W. Doig.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.
- xix, 582 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- The Columbia history of urban life .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-553) and index.
1.A Wilsonian hybrid: the powers of government and the spirit of capitalism -- 2.The tensions and opportunities of Federalism: commercial conflict in the New York region -- 3.Designing a new organization: an uneasy marriage of planning and politics -- 4.Modernizing the rail system: contending strategies for an expanding metropolis -- 5.Negotiating with the railroads: regional planning confronts the wary capitalist -- 6.Politics and engineering passion: expanding the Port Authority's dreams -- 7.A web of bridges, tunnels, and political intrigue -- 8.Near bankruptcy and the loss of vision -- 9.Federalism as a lawyers' playground -- 10.The threat to municipal bonds as danger and opportunity -- 11.To claim the skies and the seas -- 12.Breaking the airline monopoly -- 13.More than "a humdrum job of engineering": creating a giant bus station in Manhattan -- 14.A regional empire in American politics: local history and its impact, leadership strategies, and ethical dilemmas -- 15.Epilogue: Triumphs and travails of an aging empire -- 16.Appendix: The Port compact of 1921.
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