American Buildings and Their Architects: The Impact of European Modernism in the Mid-Twentieth Century: 004 0385057040, 9780385057042

Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and the American Century 1594033781, 9781594033780

The United States is not a preternaturally inward-looking nation, and isolation is not the natural disposition of Americ

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The Total Work of Art in European Modernism 9780801460975

In this groundbreaking book, David Roberts sets out to demonstrate the centrality of the total work of art to European m

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American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame 9780292762893

Why does one talented individual win lasting recognition in a particular field, while another equally talented person do

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Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design 0691208190, 9780691208190

The first investigation of how race and gender shaped the presentation and marketing of Modernist decor in postwar Ameri

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Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design 9780691213491

The first investigation of how race and gender shaped the presentation and marketing of Modernist decor in postwar Ameri

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Natural Hazards and the Mitigation of their Impact 3031072251, 9783031072253

This book deals with natural hazards of geophysical, meteorological, hydrological, and biological types that are causing

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From Modernism to Postmodernism: American Poetry and Theory in the Twentieth Century 0521855047, 9780521855044, 9780511146992

In this overview of twentieth-century American poetry, Jennifer Ashton examines the relationship between modernist and p

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Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates : an analysis of the architects' approach to additions for historic buildings

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The Politics of Irony in American Modernism 9780823255474

The Politics of Irony in American Modernism traces how “irony” emerged as a term to describe intersections between aesth

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Pragmatism's Advantage: American and European Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century 9780804773713

Pragmatism's Advantage is a highly original reading of the contemporary interplay between pragmatism and continenta

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