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The Great American Transit Disaster

A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight

by Nicholas Dagen Bloom ...

A potent re-examination of America's history of public disinvestment in mass transit."[An] extensively researched and expertly argued exploration of the demise of urban public transit in the United States. . . . Layered and multifaceted." ― Pacific Historical ReviewMany a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public ... Read more

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A potent re-examination of America's history of public disinvestment in mass transit."[An] extensively researched and expertly argued exploration of the demise of urban public transit in the United States. . . . Layered and multifaceted." ― Pacific Historical ReviewMany a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public
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Great American Transit Disaster, The

A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight

by Nicholas Dagen-Bloom ...

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Unabridged

12 hours 32 min

A potent re-examination of America’s history of public disinvestment in mass transit.Many a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation throughout the latter decades of the twentieth century. But as Nicholas Dagen Bloom shows in The Great American Transit Disaster, our transit networks are so bad for ... Read more

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A potent re-examination of America’s history of public disinvestment in mass transit.Many a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation throughout the latter decades of the twentieth century. But as Nicholas Dagen Bloom shows in The Great American Transit Disaster, our transit networks are so bad for
... Read more
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How States Shaped Postwar America

State Government and Urban Power

by Nicholas Dagen Bloom ...

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12 hours 59 min

The history of public policy in postwar America tends to fixate on developments at the national level, overlooking the crucial work done by individual states in the 1960s and ’70s. In this book, Nicholas Dagen Bloom demonstrates the significant and enduring impact of activist states in five areas: urban planning and redevelopment, mass transit and highways, higher education, subsidized housing, ... Read more

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The history of public policy in postwar America tends to fixate on developments at the national level, overlooking the crucial work done by individual states in the 1960s and ’70s. In this book, Nicholas Dagen Bloom demonstrates the significant and enduring impact of activist states in five areas: urban planning and redevelopment, mass transit and highways, higher education, subsidized housing,
... Read more

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The Metropolitan Airport

JFK International and Modern New York

by Nicholas Dagen Bloom ...

Series series American Business, Politics, and Society
John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of New York City's most successful and influential redevelopment projects. Built and defined by outsize personalities—Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, famed urban planner Robert Moses, and Port Authority Executive Director Austin Tobin among them—JFK was fantastically expensive and unprecedented in its scale. By the late 1940s, once-polluted marshlands had ... Read more

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John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of New York City's most successful and influential redevelopment projects. Built and defined by outsize personalities—Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, famed urban planner Robert Moses, and Port Authority Executive Director Austin Tobin among them—JFK was fantastically expensive and unprecedented in its scale. By the late 1940s, once-polluted marshlands had
... Read more
How States Shaped Postwar America

State Government and Urban Power

by Nicholas Dagen Bloom ...

The history of public policy in postwar America tends to fixate on developments at the national level, overlooking the crucial work done by individual states in the 1960s and ’70s. In this book, Nicholas Dagen Bloom demonstrates the significant and enduring impact of activist states in five areas: urban planning and redevelopment, mass transit and highways, higher education, subsidized housing, ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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The history of public policy in postwar America tends to fixate on developments at the national level, overlooking the crucial work done by individual states in the 1960s and ’70s. In this book, Nicholas Dagen Bloom demonstrates the significant and enduring impact of activist states in five areas: urban planning and redevelopment, mass transit and highways, higher education, subsidized housing,
... Read more

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Public Housing Myths

Perception, Reality, and Social Policy

Edited by Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Fritz Umbach, Lawrence J. Vale ...

Popular opinion holds that public housing is a failure; so what more needs to be said about seventy-five years of dashed hopes and destructive policies? Over the past decade, however, historians and social scientists have quietly exploded the common wisdom about public housing. Public Housing Myths pulls together these fresh perspectives and unexpected findings into a single volume to provide an ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Popular opinion holds that public housing is a failure; so what more needs to be said about seventy-five years of dashed hopes and destructive policies? Over the past decade, however, historians and social scientists have quietly exploded the common wisdom about public housing. Public Housing Myths pulls together these fresh perspectives and unexpected findings into a single volume to provide an
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The Ph.D. Process

A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences

by Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, Nicholas Cohen ...

The Ph.D. Process offers the essential guidance that students in the biological and physical sciences need to get the most out of their years in graduate school. Drawing upon the insights of numerous current and former graduate students, this book presents a rich portrayal of the intellectual and emotional challenges inherent in becoming a scientist, and offers the informed, practical advice a ... Read more

$15.99 USD

The Ph.D. Process offers the essential guidance that students in the biological and physical sciences need to get the most out of their years in graduate school. Drawing upon the insights of numerous current and former graduate students, this book presents a rich portrayal of the intellectual and emotional challenges inherent in becoming a scientist, and offers the informed, practical advice a
... Read more
The Metropolitan Airport

JFK International and Modern New York

by Nicholas Dagen Bloom ...

Series series American Business, Politics, and Society
John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of New York City's most successful and influential redevelopment projects. Built and defined by outsize personalities—Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, famed urban planner Robert Moses, and Port Authority Executive Director Austin Tobin among them—JFK was fantastically expensive and unprecedented in its scale. By the late 1940s, once-polluted marshlands had ... Read more

$40.99 USD

John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of New York City's most successful and influential redevelopment projects. Built and defined by outsize personalities—Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, famed urban planner Robert Moses, and Port Authority Executive Director Austin Tobin among them—JFK was fantastically expensive and unprecedented in its scale. By the late 1940s, once-polluted marshlands had
... Read more
The Ph.D. Process

A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences

by Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, Nicholas Cohen ...

The Ph.D. Process offers the essential guidance that students in the biological and physical sciences need to get the most out of their years in graduate school. Drawing upon the insights of numerous current and former graduate students, this book presents a rich portrayal of the intellectual and emotional challenges inherent in becoming a scientist, and offers the informed, practical advice a ... Read more

$15.99 USD

The Ph.D. Process offers the essential guidance that students in the biological and physical sciences need to get the most out of their years in graduate school. Drawing upon the insights of numerous current and former graduate students, this book presents a rich portrayal of the intellectual and emotional challenges inherent in becoming a scientist, and offers the informed, practical advice a
... Read more
Affordable Housing in New York

The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City

Edited by Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Matthew Gordon Lasner ...

A richly illustrated history of below-market housing in New York, from the 1920s to todayA colorful portrait of the people, places, and policies that have helped make New York City livable, Affordable Housing in New York is a comprehensive, authoritative, and richly illustrated history of the city's public and middle-income housing from the 1920s to today. Plans, models, archival photos, and newly ... Read more

$24.49 USD

A richly illustrated history of below-market housing in New York, from the 1920s to todayA colorful portrait of the people, places, and policies that have helped make New York City livable, Affordable Housing in New York is a comprehensive, authoritative, and richly illustrated history of the city's public and middle-income housing from the 1920s to today. Plans, models, archival photos, and newly
... Read more
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A Tale of Love and Darkness

by Amos Oz, Claire Bloom ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

23 hours 53 min

Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history.It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history.It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His
... Read more

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Adventures into Mexico

American Tourism beyond the Border

Edited by Nicholas Dagen Bloom ...

Series series Jaguar Books on Latin America
Moving beyond the tequila-soaked clichés of Mexican tourism, this multifaceted book explores the influence and experiences of Americans in Mexico since World War II. The authors trace Mexico's growing role as an important refuge for Americans seeking not only sun and fun but also an alternative cultural and social model. And on the other side of the border, Mexican citizens and politicians have ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Moving beyond the tequila-soaked clichés of Mexican tourism, this multifaceted book explores the influence and experiences of Americans in Mexico since World War II. The authors trace Mexico's growing role as an important refuge for Americans seeking not only sun and fun but also an alternative cultural and social model. And on the other side of the border, Mexican citizens and politicians have
... Read more

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