Paying the Toll : : Local Power, Regional Politics, and the Golden Gate Bridge / / Louise Nelson Dyble.
Since its opening in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge has become an icon for the beauty and prosperity of the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a symbol of engineering achievement. Constructing the bridge posed political and financial challenges that were at least as difficult as those faced by the pro...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American Business, Politics, and Society
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 29 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. "Agency Run Amok"
- Chapter 1. A Bridge to Prosperity
- Chapter 2. A District Divided
- Chapter 3. The District and Its Enemies
- Chapter 4. The Defeat of the Golden Gate Authority
- Chapter 5. Rapid Transit Versus the Golden Gate Bridge
- Chapter 6. James Adam, Boss of the Golden Gate Bridge
- Chapter 7. Regionalism,Transportation, and Perpetual Tolls
- Conclusion. Subsidies, Suicides, and Sensitivity
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments