Louise Nelson Dyble

Paying the Toll

Local Power, Regional Politics, and the Golden Gate Bridge

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Produktbeschreibung

Louise Nelson Dyble teaches history at Michigan Technological University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780812222784
• ISBN-10: 0812222784
• Artikelnr.: 38138915

Autorenporträt

By Louise Nelson Dyble

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