| Description |
x, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Chicago architecture and urbanism
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Chicago architecture and urbanism.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367- 373) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. A Proper Bostonian's Chicago -- The Union Club, self-made men, and Chicago's first period of growth -- Three mansions, four self-makers, and Chicago's metropolitan expansion -- The Chicago Opera House and the Owings Building: Skyscrapers and rationalized work I -- Cultural politics and the Newberry Library's compartmentalization of knowledge -- Part II. Cultural institutions and metropolitan maturity -- Cobb's varieties of the Romanesque -- Skyscrapers and rationalized Work II -- Self-made men, civic culture, and the University of Chicago (1889-1893) -- Science, self-makers, and the University's Second Building Campaign (1893-1897) -- Public square and the Federal Building: Design, civic discourse, and rationalized government -- Falls from grace -- Chicago in New York. |
| Subject |
Cobb, Henry Ives, 1859-1931.
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Cobb, Henry Ives, 1859-1931. |
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Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Architecture. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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University of Chicago -- Buildings.
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University of Chicago. |
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Buildings. |
| Topical Term |
p Architecture (object genre) United States Illinois z Chicago y 1880-1900. |
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p Architecture (object genre) United States New York (State) z New York y 1900-1920. |
| ISBN |
9780226905617 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226905616 cloth alkaline paper |
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