Chicago 1890 : the skyscraper and the modern city

Chicago 1890 : the skyscraper and the modern city / Joanna Merwood-Salisbury.

Author/creator	Merwood-Salisbury, Joanna
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Description	x, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Skyscrapers--Illinois --Chicago. Architecture and society--Illinois --Chicago --History --19th century. Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Series	Chicago architecture and urbanism Chicago architecture and urbanism. ^A241169
Contents	Western architecture : the tall office building as regional type -- Louis Sullivan's democratic architecture and the labor movement -- The Monadnock : John Wellborn Root and the art of pure color -- The Masonic Temple : the double life of a civic skyscraper -- The Reliance Building : urban sanitation and skyscraper reform -- Chicago 1900 : the city beautiful movement and the decline of the skyscraper -- Postscript: "the architectonic anticipation of the future".
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2008026986
ISBN	9780226520780 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226520781 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	NA6232 .M46 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold