Lifted
Subtitle: a cultural history of the elevator
By: Andreas Bernard ; translated from German by David Dollenmayer
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781479880423; 9781479873487; 9780814787168
Subjects: Elevators; History
Work titles: Geschichte des Fahrstuhls
Notes: "Originally published as Die Geschichte des Fahrstuhls : über einen beweglichen Ort der Moderne, ©2006 Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag in der S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-305) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The History of Technology : New York, 1854; title: The Breach through the Building : Organizing the Vertical; title: From Attic to Penthouse : The Vertical Hierarchy of Buildings; title: Controls; title: Interiors.