722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York

Hood, Clifton

ISBN 10: 0801852447 / ISBN 13: 9780801852442

Published by Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801852447
• ISBN 13: 9780801852442
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Illus. With Photos
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating history of the New York City subway system. At its opening in 1904, the tracks covered the twenty-two miles from City Hall up to 145th Street and Broadway, the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND, the Independent Subway, in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles -- long enough to reach from New York to Chicago.

"Clifton Hood's 722 Miles is the fullest and most authoritative account of the building and impact of the New York City subways, the most extensive system of urban transportation in the United States and perhaps the world." -- Nathan Glazer, Harvard University

"A clear, perceptive and carefully researched study of this engineering feat and the ways in which the subway led to an expansion of the metropolitan area." -- Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Clifton Hood is assistant 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.