The American skyscraper, 1850-1940
Subtitle: a celebration of height
By: Joseph J. Korom.
Publisher: Branden Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780828321884
Subjects: Skyscrapers -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Skyscrapers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dedication; title: Acknowledgments; title: List of images; title: introduction; title: Ch. 1. Courageous beginnings, 1850-1874. Commerce princes and tall palaces ; Passenger elevators arrive; title: Ch. 2. Continued experimentation, 1875-1889. Financial districts form : Wall Street reigns ; Iron and steel; title: Ch. 3. The gilded age and the new aristocrats,1890-1899. Skyline : symbol of wealth, romance of height ; How the skyscraper worked; title: Ch. 4. Steel pens and steel pins 1900-1919. Public embraces tall novelties ; Long hours and tough guys; title: Ch. 5. Eclecticism and the roaring twenties 1920-1929. Last of the romantics?; title: Ch. 6. The gift of art deco 1930-1940. The skyscraper matures; title: Ch. 7. Skyscrapers and the small town. Tall ones in short places : sketches; title: Notes; title: Statistics; title: Bibliography; title: Index.