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Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000.
The export of American architecture began in the nineteenth century as a disjointed set of personal adventures and commercial initiatives. It continues today alongside the transfer of other aspects of American life and culture to most regions of the world. Jeffrey Cody explains how, why and where Am...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Routledge,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Exporting Steel framed Skeletons of American Modernity; 2 From the Steel Frame to Concrete Foundations for a System of Contracting Abroad 1900 c 1920; 3 American Builders Abroad at a Fork in the Road Adjust or Go Home 1918 1930; 4 Exporting the American City as a Paradigm for Progress, 1920-1945; 5 Architectural Tools of War and Peace 1945 1975; 6 The American Century's Last Quarter Exporting Images and Technologies with a Vengeance 1975 2000; Bibliography; Index.