The millennial sovereign : sacred kingship and sainthood in Islam / A. Azfar Moin.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

No detailed description available for "The Millennial Sovereign".

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword
• List of Illustrations
• Elected and Appointed Officials: Years in Office
• Preface: Hopes and Judgments
• 1 A Wilsonian Hybrid: The Powers of Government and the Spirit of Capitalism
• Part 1 Creating a New Institution
• 2 The Tensions and Opportunities of Federalism: Commercial Conflict in the New York Region
• 3 Designing a New Organization: An Uneasy Marriage of Planning and Politics
• Part 2 Failure and a New Beginning
• 4 Modernizing the Rail System: Competing Strategies for an Expanding Metropolis
• 5 Negotiating with the Railroads: Regional Planning Confronts the Wary Capitalist
• 6 Politics and Engineering Passion: Expanding the Port Authority's Dreams
• 7 A Web of Bridges, Tunnels, and Political Intrigue
• Part 3 Drift and teh Sources of Renewal
• 8 Near Bankruptcy and the Loss of Vision
• 9 Federalism as a Lawyers' Playground
• 10 The Threat to Municipal Bonds as Danger and Opportunity
• Part 4 Expanding Empire
• 11 To Claim the Skies and Seas
• 12 Breaking an Airline Monopoly
• 13 "A Humdrum Job of Engineering" and More: Creating a Giant Bus Terminal in Manhattan
• Part 5 Conclusions
• 14 A Regional Empire in American Politics: Local History and its Impact, Leadership Strategies, and Ethical Dilemmas
• Epilogue: Triumps and Travails of an Aging Empire
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix: The Port Compact of 1921
• Index