Reinforced Concrete and the Modernization of American Building, 1900-1930 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slaton, Amy E., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vernieuwing.
Techniek.
Gewapend beton.
Reinforced concrete construction.
ARCHITECTURE > Project Management.
ARCHITECTURE > Security Design.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Construction en beton arme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Reinforced concrete construction > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Science and commerce : scenes from a marriage
  • Concrete testing : the academics at work
  • Science on site : the field-testing and regulation of concrete construction
  • Science and the "fair deal" : standards, specifications, and commercial ambition
  • The business of building : technological and managerial techniques in concrete construction
  • What "modern" meant : reinforced concrete and the social history of functionalist design.

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