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Lee Antoinette J (Antoinette Josephine) |
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Titolo |
Architects to the nation : the rise and decline of the Supervising Architect's Office / / Antoinette J. Lee with a foreword by William Seale |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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0-19-028449-8 |
0-19-771144-8 |
1-280-53043-X |
0-19-535186-X |
1-4294-0135-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public buildings - United States - Designs and plans |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2000. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Prelude; 2 No Blueprint for the New Nation, 1789-1851; 3 The Bureau of Construction and the Corps of Engineers, 1852-1865; 4 Alfred B. Mullett, 1866-1874; 5 The Supervising Architect's Office in the Gilded Age, 1875-1894; 6 The Tarsney Act, Its Passage and Postponement in Implementation, 1893-1896; 7 Proponents of ""Academic Classicism," 1895-1925; 8 The Public Buildings Program in Eras of Affluence and Depression, 1926-1939; Epilogue: 1940-Present; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text traces the evolution and accomplishments of the office, that from 1852 until 1939 held a virtual monopoly over federal building design. |
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