dc.contributor.advisor | Cowie, Jeff | |
dc.contributor.author | Julian, Luke | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-14T13:21:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-14T13:21:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-04-29 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/9473 | |
dc.description | HIST 4981, Senior Honors Research Seminar, Arleen Tuchman | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | It was April 28th 1965, and the ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in New York City was filled to capacity. Outside, successful stockbrokers and other well-dressed figures walked down the sidewalk in an orderly fashion holding picket signs reading “there is no other alternative.” Inside, over the chattering of the crowd, a commissioner demanded silence and announced the next witness. A lawyer rose from his small table opposite the make-shift witness stand and began asking questions. However, this was no trial. Instead, it was a regulatory hearing pertaining to a railroad’s attempt to discontinue a portion of its New York City commuter rail service. | |
dc.subject | Amtrak, passenger train, public advocacy in Amtrak creation | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | History | en_US |
dc.title | Who Saved the Passenger Train? The Role of Public Advocacy in Amtrak's Creation: 1958 to 1971 | en_US |
dc.description.college | College of Arts and Science | |
dc.description.department | Department of History | |