Louise Nelson Dyble

Paying the Toll

Local Power, Regional Politics, and the Golden Gate Bridge

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Louise Nelson Dyble teaches history at Michigan Technological University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780812222784
• ISBN-10: 0812222784
• Artikelnr.: 38138915

Autorenporträt

Louise Nelson Dyble teaches history at Michigan Technological University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "Agency Run Amok"
1. A Bridge to Prosperity
2. A District Divided
3. The District and Its Enemies
4. The Defeat of the Golden Gate Authority
5. Rapid Transit Versus the Golden Gate Bridge
6. James Adam, Boss of the Golden Gate Bridge
7. Regionalism, Transportation, and Perpetual Tolls
Conclusion: Subsidies, Suicides, and Sensitivity
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments