Divided We Stand : A Biography of the World Trade Center Paperback / softback
by Eric Darton
Paperback / softback
Description
When the World Trade centre was erected at the Hudson River's edge, it forever changed the character of the American city.
In Divided We Stand , cultural critic Eric Darton chronicles the life of this billion-dollar building, using it as a lens through which to view the broader twentieth-century trend toward urbanized, global culture.
Drawing on political and social history, Darton pioneers a new hybrid genre of architectural biography, revealing the convergence of four volatile elements in contemporary urban life: super tall buildings, financial speculation, globalization, and terrorism. Now with a new introduction and afterword, Divided We Stand remains the definitive work on the birth and life of the World Trade centre.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Basic Books
- Publication Date:02/08/2011
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- ISBN:9780465027651
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Basic Books
- Publication Date:02/08/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780465027651