TY - BOOK ID - 78525659 TI - The thirty-year war PY - 2017 SN - 1609175158 9781609175153 9781611862300 1611862302 PB - East Lansing DB - UniCat KW - Urban transportation KW - Street-railroads KW - Trolley cars KW - Electric railroads KW - Electric street-railroads KW - Interurban railroads KW - Light rail KW - Light rail transit KW - LRT (Light rail transit) KW - Railroads, Street KW - Street car lines KW - Street railways KW - Streetcar lines KW - Tramways KW - Trolley car lines KW - Local transit KW - Railroads KW - Railroads, Cable KW - City transportation KW - Metropolitan transportation KW - Municipal transportation KW - Transportation, Urban KW - City planning KW - Transportation KW - Urban policy KW - Social aspects KW - Political aspects KW - History. KW - Cars KW - Transports urbains KW - Histoire KW - Wagons KW - Aspect politique KW - Aspect social UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78525659 AB - Streetcars played an especially important role in society around the turn of the twentieth century in Detroit, in part because of the downtown hub-and-spoke design of its main streets. During this period the streetcar was the main mode of transportation for the average citizen, as horse-drawn carriages and automobiles were not found outside of the upper class. Control over streetcar franchises was highly coveted—this control was simultaneous with having power over how and where people were transported throughout the city, making it an incredible political tool. The Thirty-Year War was a battle waged between 1892 and 1922 by the City of Detroit against the politically powerful and deeply entrenched corporations that owned streetcar franchises for control of the city’s streetway system. This compelling history shows how and why the owners of monopoly franchises of great public utilities such as bridges, street railways, electricity, natural gas, and cable television will protect and defend their privilege against public ownership or control, and is an example of how one city successfully fought back. ER -