Impossible Heights : Skyscrapers, Flight, and the Master Builder

The advent of the airplane and skyscraper in 1920s and '30s America offered the population an entirely new way to look at the world: from above. The captivating image of an airplane flying over the rising metropolis led many Americans to believe a new civilization had dawned. In Impossible Heig...
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Autor*in:

Morshed, Adnan [verfasserIn]

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E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press ; 2015

©2015.

Schlagwörter:

Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy

Aeronautics and civilization

Architecture and society ; United States ; History ; 20th century

Architecture, Modern ; 20th century ; Philosophy

Technological innovations ; Social aspects ; United States ; History ; 20th century

Electronic books

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1 online resource (313 pages)

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ISBN:

978-1-4529-4295-7

Katalog-ID:

1682442888

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