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Published in conjunction with the History of the City of New York Project. "...a valuable case study in the micropolitics of one of the Progressive era's signature projects." (The Wall Street Journal) "Illuminating ... " (New York magazine)

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"Reveals not only the details of the subway movement's slow progress in the political arena, but the process of coming to terms with the private subway companies and their financial backers in 1913." * Choice *

Table of Contents
1 Never Enough: The Beginnings of Rapid Transit in New York 2 The Deadlock over More Subways, 1902-1909 3 Rapid Transit to Save New York 4 Stumbling toward a Solution 5 The Dual System of Rapid Transit 6 The Battle over Financing the Dual System 7 Impact of the Dual System

Tunneling to the Future

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    A Paperback / softback by Peter Derrick

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      Publisher: New York University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2002
      ISBN13: 9780814719541, 978-0814719541
      ISBN10: 0814719546

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Published in conjunction with the History of the City of New York Project. "...a valuable case study in the micropolitics of one of the Progressive era's signature projects." (The Wall Street Journal) "Illuminating ... " (New York magazine)

      Trade Review
      "Reveals not only the details of the subway movement's slow progress in the political arena, but the process of coming to terms with the private subway companies and their financial backers in 1913." * Choice *

      Table of Contents
      1 Never Enough: The Beginnings of Rapid Transit in New York 2 The Deadlock over More Subways, 1902-1909 3 Rapid Transit to Save New York 4 Stumbling toward a Solution 5 The Dual System of Rapid Transit 6 The Battle over Financing the Dual System 7 Impact of the Dual System

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