The Trolley Problem: The Demise of the Streetcar in New Haven
dc.contributor.author | Wasserman, Jacob L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-09T16:39:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-09T16:39:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wasserman, Jacob L. "The Trolley Problem: The Demise of the Streetcar in New Haven." Vanderbilt Historical Review 1.1 (2016): 49-57. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/8363 | |
dc.description.abstract | The replacement of trolley systems by buses, a process which fundamentally reshaped America's urban landscape, has long been viewed as inevitable. However, in this paper, I look beyond arguments of financial necessity to show that, in New Haven, Connecticut, a massive engineering and publicity campaign coordinated between business, government, and media was necessary to overcome structural factors favorable to the trolley and accomplish its seemingly inevitable removal. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Vanderbilt University, Department of History | en_US |
dc.title | The Trolley Problem: The Demise of the Streetcar in New Haven | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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