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The fascinating parallel narratives of three men who influenced the era between 1920 and 1950--Wright, Henry Ford and Franklin D. Roosevelt--are interwoven with provocative details about other lives, historic events and personal insights to demonstrate how Wright's ideas have shaped modern America. Describes how the architect's vision failed and succeeded and how Usonia was realized in expected and unexpected ways.
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- PublisherPreservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0891332014
- ISBN 13 9780891332015
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- Edition number1
- Number of pages215
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 215 pages; 9 x 8 3/4" Foreword by Frederick Gutheim. 1/4" tear to jacket spine top edge; light fading to jacket spine; jacket in mylar sleeve. Shipping will be extra for this heavy book, please inquire. Seller Inventory # 122863
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 215 pages, illustrations; 23 x 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "Usonia: Frank Lloyd Wright's Design for America is Alvin Rosenbaum's personal account of regional planning between 1920 and 1950 and how Frank Lloyd Wright's work during that period has contributed to the way we live now. The fascinating parallel stories of three men who helped shape the era - Wright, Henry Ford, and Franklin D. Roosevelt - are interwoven with details about other lives and historic events to demonstrate how Wright's ideas have given shape to modern America." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Unity; Muscle shoals; The regionalists; The Tennessee Valley Authority; At Taliesin; Broadacre City; Houses and housing; The Usonians; World War II; Today and tomorrow. Size: Oblong. Seller Inventory # 116949
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Book Description First edition and first printing. Small oblong hardcover. 215 pages. Features a foreword by Frederick Gutheim and text by Alvin Rosenbaum. An examination of "regional planning between 1920 and 1950 and how Frank Lloyd Wright's work during that period has contributed to the way we live now." Includes some black and white illustrations. A clean near fine copy in black cloth boarfds in a very good dust jacket with some sunning to the spine and front cover. Seller Inventory # 187305
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