| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 90.3

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Book Review

Empire on the Hudson: Entrepreneurial Vision and Political Power at the Port of New York Authority. By Jameson W. Doig. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. xxiv, 582 pp. Cloth, $51.50, ISBN 0-231-07676-2. Paper, $24.50, ISBN 0-231-07677-0.)

Empire on the Hudson is a history of the nation's oldest public authority, the Port of New York Authority, a regional government "insulated from direct popular control" (p. 3) and empowered to issue revenue bonds and charge user fees rather than depend on general taxes to finance major capital projects. This Port Authority, created in 1921, would evolve into a driving force for economic development in the New York–New Jersey area, constructing and operating bridges, highways, tunnels, airports, bus terminals, the country's first containerized seaport, and the twin-towered World Trade Center. It would also serve as the model for thousands of other semi-independent public authorities, including Robert Moses' Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the New Deal's Tennessee Valley Authority.

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