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Author Langmead, Donald, author.

Title Icons of American architecture : from the Alamo to the World Trade Center / Donald Langmead.| [Gale electronic resource]

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009.
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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes (xix, 589 pages)) : illustrations
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Gale eBooks
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Note Description based on print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents v. 1. The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas ; Alcatraz, San Francisco, California ; Brookyn Bridge, New York City ; Empire State Building, New York City ; Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania ; Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California ; Graceland Mansion, Memphis, Tennessee ; Grand Central Terminal, New York City ; Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California ; Hoover Dam, Colorado River, Nevada/Arizona ; Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, California ; Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- v. 2. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. ; Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia ; Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia ; Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois ; Statue of Liberty, New York City ; United Nations Headquarters, New York City ; United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. ; USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii ; Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. ; White House, Washington, D.C. ; World Trade Center, New York City.
Summary Features buildings and structures, including the Brooklyn Bridge, the White House, the Hotel del Coronado, and the Washington Monument, along with their roles in fiction, film, and music.
Subject Architecture -- United States.
Architecture and society -- United States.
Added Author Gale Group.
Other Form: Original 9780313342073 (DLC) 2008040909
ISBN 9780313342080 (electronic book)
9780313342073 (set : alk. paper)
0313342075 (set : alk. paper)
9780313342097 (vol. 1 : alk. paper)
0313342091 (vol. 1 : alk. paper)
9780313342110 (vol. 2 : alk. paper)
0313342113 (vol. 2 : alk. paper)
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