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Author Lehto, Neil J., author

Title The thirty-year war : a history of Detroit's streetcars, 1892-1922 / Neil J. Lehto
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2017]

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Contents Before the thirty-year war -- The Hendrie streetcar era -- Beginning of the thirty-year war -- The progressive era -- From the streets to the hallways -- The lawyers battle -- Competitive fight really begins -- Three-cent fares or municipal ownership -- Every new mayor had a three-cent fare plan -- Driving a hard bargain -- Nobody stood up -- The Detroit streetcar parade
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Urban transportation -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History
Trolley cars -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History
Street-railroads -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History
Urban transportation -- Political aspects -- Michigan -- Detroit
Urban transportation -- Social aspects -- Michigan -- Detroit
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Urban transportation
Urban transportation -- Social aspects
Michigan -- Detroit
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781609175153
1609175158