TY  - BOOK
AU  - Doig,Jameson W.
TI  - Empire on the Hudson: entrepreneurial vision and political power at the Port of New York Authority 
SN  - 0231076762 
AV  - HE554.N5 D65 2001
U1  - 386.1/09747/1 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
KW  - History
KW  - Harbors
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - 20th century
KW  - New Jersey
KW  - New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-553) and index; 1.A Wilsonian hybrid: the powers of government and the spirit of capitalism --
2.The tensions and opportunities of Federalism: commercial conflict in the New York region --
3.Designing a new organization: an uneasy marriage of planning and politics --
4.Modernizing the rail system: contending strategies for an expanding metropolis --
5.Negotiating with the railroads: regional planning confronts the wary capitalist --
6.Politics and engineering passion: expanding the Port Authority's dreams --
7.A web of bridges, tunnels, and political intrigue --
8.Near bankruptcy and the loss of vision --
9.Federalism as a lawyers' playground --
10.The threat to municipal bonds as danger and opportunity --
11.To claim the skies and the seas --
12.Breaking the airline monopoly --
13.More than "a humdrum job of engineering": creating a giant bus station in Manhattan --
14.A regional empire in American politics: local history and its impact, leadership strategies, and ethical dilemmas --
15.Epilogue: Triumphs and travails of an aging empire --
16.Appendix: The Port compact of 1921
ER  -