Format:
1 online resource (239 pages)
ISBN:
9780812202601
Content:
In Skyscraper, Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers -- PART I: The Empire State Building: The Setback Skyscraper, the Great Depression, and American Modernism -- 1 Building, Money, and Power -- 2 Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development -- 3 Capital Nightmares -- 4 The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930s -- PART II: The Seagram Building: The Ascension of the International Style and a Somber Monument to Corporate Authority -- 5 Architecture Culture into the 1950s -- 6 Clients and Architect -- 7 Gangland's Grip on Business -- 8 Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950s -- PART III: The World Trade Center: Urban Renewal, Global Capitalism, and Regeneration Through Violence -- 9 Regeneration Through Violence -- 10 The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal -- 11 Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism -- Conclusion: Into the Future -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812241846
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812241846
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3441701
