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List of Illustrations in the Text | ||
Elected and Appointed Officials: Years in Office | ||
Foreword | ||
Preface: Hopes and Judgments | ||
Ch. 1 | A Wilsonian Hybrid: The Powers of Government and the Spirit of Capitalism | 1 |
Pt. 1 | Creating a New Institution | |
Ch. 2 | The Tensions and Opportunities of Federalism: Commercial Conflict in the New York Region | 27 |
Ch. 3 | Designing a New Organization: An Uneasy Marriage of Planning and Politics | 47 |
Pt. 2 | Failure and a New Beginning | |
Ch. 4 | Modernizing the Rail System: Contending Strategies for an Expanding Metropolis | 77 |
Ch. 5 | Negotiating with the Railroads: Regional Planning Confronts the Wary Capitalist | 97 |
Ch. 6 | Politics and Engineering Passion: Expanding the Port Authority's Dreams | 120 |
Ch. 7 | A Web of Bridges, Tunnels, and Political Intrigue | 143 |
Pt. 3 | Drift and the Sources of Renewal | |
Ch. 8 | Near Bankruptcy and the Loss of Vision | 181 |
Ch. 9 | Federalism as a Lawyers' Playground | 192 |
Ch. 10 | The Threat to Municipal Bonds as Danger and Opportunity | 214 |
Pt. 4 | Expanding Empire | |
Ch. 11 | To Claim the Skies and the Seas | 247 |
Ch. 12 | Breaking an Airline Monopoly | 288 |
Ch. 13 | More Than "A Humdrum Job of Engineering": Creating a Giant Bus Station in Manhattan | 315 |
Pt. 5 | Conclusions | |
Ch. 14 | A Regional Empire in American Politics: Local History and Its Impact, Leadership Strategies, and Ethical Dilemmas | 359 |
Epilogue: Triumphs and Travails of an Aging Empire | 373 | |
App | The Port Compact of 1921 | 403 |
Notes | 411 | |
Acknowledgments | 555 | |
Index | 561 |
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