 | | Imprint: Greenwood | | Publication Date: 03/2009 | | Pages: 632 | | Volumes: 2 | | Size: 7x10 | | Format | | Price | | ISBN-13 | | Hardcover | | $175.00 | | 978-0-313-34207-3 | | eBook | |
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Icons of American Architecture
From the Alamo to the World Trade Center
Donald Langmead
Twenty four American buildings and structures whose history and legends have become part of popular culture are presented here, including bridges, government buildings, hotels, and monuments.
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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