The American Skyscraper : Cultural Histories

Moudry, Roberta

The American Skyscraper : Cultural Histories / Roberta Moudry - 1st ed. - New York Cambridge University Press c2005 - viii, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index

This volume examines the various dimensions of the skyscraper in its American urban context. Focusing on the major skyscraper cities of New York and Chicago between 1870 and 1960, the studies in this volume address many of the major aspects of the skyscraper through a diversity of disciplines, including planning and public policy, art and architectural history, labor and business history, and American studies."


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