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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Doig, Jameson W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.
Series:	Columbia history of urban life
Subjects:	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey > History. 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.

Table of 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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