Johns Hopkins University Press, Date: 2006-03-15. hardcover. Acceptable. 7x1x10. 2006. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 080188246X 9780801882463 [US]

First edition hardcover, which is in as new condition. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.As Metro stretches to Tysons Corner and beyond, this paperback edition features a new preface from the author.Drivers in the nation's capital face a host of hazards: high-speed traffic circles, presidential motorcades, jaywalking tourists, and bewildering signs that send unsuspecting motorists from the Lincoln Memorial into suburban Virginia in less than two minutes. And parking? Don't bet on it unless you're in the fast lane of the Capital Beltway during rush hour.Little wonder, then, that so many residents and visitors rely on the Washington Metro, the 106-mile rapid transit system that serves the District of Columbia and its inner suburbs. In the first comprehensive history of the Metro, Zachary M. Schrag tells the story of the Great Society Subway from its earliest rumblings to the present day, from Arlington to College Park, Eisenhower to Marion Barry.Unlike the pre–World War II rail systems of New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia, the Metro was built at a time when most American families already owned cars, and when most American cities had dedicated themselves to freeways, not subways. Why did the nation's capital take a different path? What were the consequences of that decision?Using extensive archival research as well as oral history, Schrag argues that the Metro can be understood only in the ...

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, Date: 2006. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 355pp.incl.index; HB blk.w/gilt; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ blk.w/white-photocover; fine. " ...the 106-mile rapid transit system that serves the District of Columbia and its inner suburbs." illus. isbn 080188246X 2006. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 080188246X 9780801882463 [US]