722 Miles by Clifton Hood

722 Miles by Clifton Hood

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Summary

For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, "we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements."

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722 Miles by Clifton Hood

For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements.
"A clear, perceptive and carefully researched study of this engineering feat and the ways in which the subway led to an expansion of the metropolitan area" - Publishers Weekly "One of the best urban-transportation histories to come down the tracks in a long time." - The Sciences"
Clifton Hood is associate professor of history at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He was formerly a curator of the LaGuardia Archives at LaGuardia College, City University of New York.
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ISBN 13 9780801880544
ISBN 10 0801880548
Title 722 Miles
Author Clifton Hood
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published 2004-10-18
Number of pages 336
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