Icons of American architecture from the Alamo to the World Trade Center
What turns a building into an icon? What is it about some structures that makes their history and legend even more important than their original intended use, making them a part of American, and world, popular culture? Twenty four buildings and structures, including the Brooklyn Bridge, the White Ho...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport :
Greenwood Press
2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Greenwood icons. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31383956*spi |
| Sumario: | What turns a building into an icon? What is it about some structures that makes their history and legend even more important than their original intended use, making them a part of American, and world, popular culture? Twenty four buildings and structures, including the Brooklyn Bridge, the White House, the Hotel del Coronado, and the Washington Monument are presented here, along with their roles in fiction, film, music, and the imagination of people worldwide. Approximately twenty five images are included in the set, along with sidebars featuring additional structures. |
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| Descripción Física: | 2 v. (xix, 589 p.) : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780313342080 9780313342073 9780313342097 9780313342110 |
