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Author Flowers, Benjamin Sitton.
Title Skyscraper : the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century / Benjamin Flowers.
Publication Info Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.


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Contents Introduction. Narratives of the built environment : architecture, ideology, and skyscrapers -- pt. I. The Empire State Building : the setback skyscraper, the great Depression, and American modernism. Ch. 1. Building, money, and power -- Ch. 2. Setback skyscrapers and American architectural development -- Ch. 3. Capital nightmares -- Ch. 4. The politics of American architecture in the 1930s -- pt. II. The Seagram Building : the ascension of the international style and a somber monument to corporate authority. Ch. 5. Architecture culture into the 1950s -- Ch. 6. Clients and architect -- Ch. 7. Gangland's grip on business -- Ch. 8. Modern architecture and corporate America in the 1950s -- pt. III. The World Trade Center : urban renewal, global capitalism, and regeneration through violence. Ch. 9. Regeneration through violence -- Ch. 10. The rhetoric and reality of urban renewal -- Ch. 11. Cathedrals of commerce : Minoru Yamasaki, skyscraper design and the rise of postmoderism -- Conclusion. Into the future -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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Author Flowers, Benjamin Sitton.
Subject Architecture and society -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York.
New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Descript 1 online resource (vi, 232 pages :) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
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Note OldControl:muse9780812202601.
Contents Introduction. Narratives of the built environment : architecture, ideology, and skyscrapers -- pt. I. The Empire State Building : the setback skyscraper, the great Depression, and American modernism. Ch. 1. Building, money, and power -- Ch. 2. Setback skyscrapers and American architectural development -- Ch. 3. Capital nightmares -- Ch. 4. The politics of American architecture in the 1930s -- pt. II. The Seagram Building : the ascension of the international style and a somber monument to corporate authority. Ch. 5. Architecture culture into the 1950s -- Ch. 6. Clients and architect -- Ch. 7. Gangland's grip on business -- Ch. 8. Modern architecture and corporate America in the 1950s -- pt. III. The World Trade Center : urban renewal, global capitalism, and regeneration through violence. Ch. 9. Regeneration through violence -- Ch. 10. The rhetoric and reality of urban renewal -- Ch. 11. Cathedrals of commerce : Minoru Yamasaki, skyscraper design and the rise of postmoderism -- Conclusion. Into the future -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780812202601 (electronic bk.)
0812202600 (electronic bk.)
Author Flowers, Benjamin Sitton.
Subject Architecture and society -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York.
New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Subject Architecture and society -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York.
New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Descript 1 online resource (vi, 232 pages :) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Note OldControl:muse9780812202601.
Contents Introduction. Narratives of the built environment : architecture, ideology, and skyscrapers -- pt. I. The Empire State Building : the setback skyscraper, the great Depression, and American modernism. Ch. 1. Building, money, and power -- Ch. 2. Setback skyscrapers and American architectural development -- Ch. 3. Capital nightmares -- Ch. 4. The politics of American architecture in the 1930s -- pt. II. The Seagram Building : the ascension of the international style and a somber monument to corporate authority. Ch. 5. Architecture culture into the 1950s -- Ch. 6. Clients and architect -- Ch. 7. Gangland's grip on business -- Ch. 8. Modern architecture and corporate America in the 1950s -- pt. III. The World Trade Center : urban renewal, global capitalism, and regeneration through violence. Ch. 9. Regeneration through violence -- Ch. 10. The rhetoric and reality of urban renewal -- Ch. 11. Cathedrals of commerce : Minoru Yamasaki, skyscraper design and the rise of postmoderism -- Conclusion. Into the future -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780812202601 (electronic bk.)
0812202600 (electronic bk.)
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