Building Gotham : civic culture and public policy in New York City, 1898-1938

Building Gotham : civic culture and public policy in New York City, 1898-1938 / Keith D. Revell.

Author/creator	Revell, Keith D., 1963-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Description	x, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	City planning--New York (State) --New York. Urban policy--New York (State) --New York. City and town life--New York (State) --New York. New York (N.Y.)--History --19th century.

Contents	Introduction : conceiving the new metropolis : expertise, public policy, and the problem of civic culture in New York City -- "The public be pleased" : railroad planning, engineering culture, and the promise of quasi-scientific voluntarism -- Beyond voluntarism : the Interstate Commerce Commission, the railroads, and freight planning for New York harbor -- Buccaneer bureaucrats, physical interdependence, and free riders : building the underground city -- Taxing, spending, and borrowing : expanding public claims on private wealth -- City planning versus the law : zoning the metropolis -- "They shall splash at a ten-league canvas with brushes of comets' hair" : regional planning and the metropolitan dilemma -- Conclusion : "An almost mystical unity" : interdependence and the public interest in the modern metropolis.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-319) and index.
LCCN	2002000599
ISBN	0801870739 (hbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HT168.N5 R48 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold