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Author Dyble, Louise Nelson, author.

Title Paying the toll : local power, regional politics, and the Golden Gate Bridge / Louise Nelson Dyble
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series American business, politics, and society.
Contents Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Introduction: ""Agency Run Amok"" ; 1. A Bridge to Prosperity ; 2. A District Divided ; 3. The District and Its Enemies ; 4. The Defeat of the Golden Gate Authority ; 5. Rapid Transit Versus the Golden Gate Bridge
6. James Adam, Boss of the Golden Gate Bridge 7. Regionalism, Transportation, and Perpetual Tolls ; Notes ; Index ; Acknowledgments
Summary Drawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll describes the high-stakes struggles for control of the Golden Gate Bridge, and offers a rare inside look at the powerful and secretive agency that built a regional transportation empire with its toll revenue
Analysis "Multi-User"
Notes OldControl:muse9780812206883
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-276) and index
Notes In English
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Subject BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Development / Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Transportation Engineering.
SUBJECT Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85055751
Subject California -- San Francisco -- Golden Gate Bridge
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008047366
ISBN 9780812206883
0812206886