Exporting American architecture, 1870-2000

• 作者: Cody, Jeffrey W.
• 出版: London ;New York : Routledge 2003.
• 稽核項: 1 online resource (xviii, 205 pages) :illustrations.
• 叢書名: Planning, history and the environment series
• 標題: Architecture, Modern 20th century. , ARCHITECTURE History -- General. , Architecture, American. , Architecture, Modern. , ARCHITECTURE Criticism. , Regional. , HistoryGeneral. , ARCHITECTURE Regional. , ARCHITECTURE , Electronic books. , Architecture, Modern , 1900-1999 , Electronic book. , Criticism.
• ISBN: 0415299152 , 9780415299152
• ISBN: 0419246908
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• 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-190) and index. Chapter 1 Exporting Steel-framed Skeletons of American Modernity -- chapter 2 From the Steel Frame to Concrete: Foundations for a System of Contracting Abroad, 1900-c.1920 -- chapter 3 American Builders Abroad at a Fork in the Road: Adjust or Go Home, 1918-1930 -- chapter 4 Exporting the American City as a Paradigm for Progress, 1920-1945 -- chapter 5 Architectural Tools of War and Peace, 1945-1975 -- chapter 6 The American Century's Last Quarter: Exporting Images and Technologies with a Vengeance, 1975-2000.
• 摘要: The export of American architecture began in the nineteenth century as a disjointed set of personal adventures and commercial initiatives. It continues today alongside the transfer of other aspects of American life and culture to most regions of the world. Jeffrey Cody explains how, why and where American architects, planners, building contractors and other actors have marketed American architecture overseas. In so doing he provides a historical perspective on the diffusion of American building technologies, architectural standards, construction methods and planning paradigms. Using previously.
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