Professor Daniel Bluestone (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy (fine except for a gift inscription on the verso of the FFEP in a fine mylar protected DJ. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. International shipping will require extra postage. #A147.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Chicago?s impressive industrial expansion in the late nineteenth century convinced most observers that the city was defined by the crass pursuit of wealth and that its architecture was, as described by Lewis Mumford, ?a brutal network of industrial necessities.? In a major new book, Daniel Bluestone disputes this vision of the city. Combining architectural history and cultural analysis, Bluestone explores the creation of Chicago?s parks, churches, skyscrapers, and civic buildings. He finds that the structure of the city was influenced as much by the moral, cultural, and aesthetic aspirations of its local elite as by the untempered forces of commerce and capital.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition 1991, first printing, number line starts with 1. Published by Yale University Press. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and clean book, corners not bumped, no edgewear, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ new, bright, no tears, no chips, no edgewear, not clipped. 4to, 248 pages, illustrated. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders.…