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Cash, Tokens and Transfers
Brian J. Cudahy
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Description for Cash, Tokens and Transfers
Paperback. Traces the history of urban mass transit from its beginnings in the 1830s to the present, focusing on the technological, business, labor, and consumer aspects of its development. Num Pages: 266 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
his colorful history will appeal to borth the interested reader and transportation historian. Brian Cudahy's skillful narrative is combined with a wealth of period photographs. The first comprehensive history of public transportation in North America to be published in more than 60 years, the book traces the grwoth of urban mass transit from the horse-drawn street cars of the 1830's through the development of cable cars, electric street cars, subways, and buses, to the new light rail systems that are playing a key role in today's urban transit renaissance. The book is not bound to any geographical region and examines ... Read more
his colorful history will appeal to borth the interested reader and transportation historian. Brian Cudahy's skillful narrative is combined with a wealth of period photographs. The first comprehensive history of public transportation in North America to be published in more than 60 years, the book traces the grwoth of urban mass transit from the horse-drawn street cars of the 1830's through the development of cable cars, electric street cars, subways, and buses, to the new light rail systems that are playing a key role in today's urban transit renaissance. The book is not bound to any geographical region and examines ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823212781
SKU
V9780823212781
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About Brian J. Cudahy
Brian J. Cudahy’s books include Around Manhattan Island: And Other Maritime Tales of New York and A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York’s Underground Railways (both Fordham). He lives in Bluffton, SC.
Reviews for Cash, Tokens and Transfers
"A lively, descriptive historical sketch of the evolution of public transit in the North American city. Beginning with the stagecoach in the 1820s, horsecars, electric streetcars, els, subways, buses, and contemporary light-rail trolley systems are surveyed in turn. The writing is fast paced, well supported by dozens of appropriate photographs, and imbued with the zeal of a true transportation aficionado. ... Read more