The American Skyscraper : Cultural Histories / Roberta Moudry

By:

Moudry, Roberta

Language: English Publication details: New York Cambridge University Press c2005Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780521624213

Subject(s):

Skyscrapers United States

DDC classification:

720.4830973 MOU

Summary: 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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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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