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020 a| 0801870739 (hbk. : alk. paper);

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100 1 a| Revell, Keith D.,d| 1963-=| ^A533077;

245 10 a| Building Gotham :b| civic culture and public policy in New York City, 1898-1938 /c| Keith D. Revell.;

260 a| Baltimore, Md. ;a| London :b| Johns Hopkins University Press,c| 2003.;

300 a| x, 327 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-319) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

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

Author/creator	Revell, Keith D., 1963-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Description	x, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects	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)

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

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