722 Miles - The Building Of The Subways And How They Transformed New York

In this definitive history, Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twentieth century. 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."

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Clifton Hood, Hood Clifton
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2004
• EAN: 9780801880544
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8054-4
• No. of pages: 335
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; New York, History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, History: specific events and topics, Trains & railways: general interest, Trains and railways: general interest, New York (state)