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The eighth wonder of the world : the life of Houston's iconic Astrodome / / Robert C. Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack ; foreword by Mickey Herskowitz



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Autore: Trumpbour Robert C. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The eighth wonder of the world : the life of Houston's iconic Astrodome / / Robert C. Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack ; foreword by Mickey Herskowitz Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
Disciplina: 725/.827097641411
Persona (resp. second.): WomackKenneth
HerskowitzMickey
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: The Dome Was So NiceThey Opened It Twice; Prologue: A Noble Idea for the Oil Patch; I. COW TOWN; 1. Roy Hofheinz: Houston's Grand Huckster; 2. Of Cows and Construction: Houston's Livestock Show and Rodeo; 3. Going Pro: George Kirksey, Craig Cullinan, and the Major League Dream; II. DOME TOWN; 4. Zimmerman and the Grand Plan: Engineering a Marvel; 5. The Grass Isn't Always Greener: AstroTurf and the Sports Purist Backlash; III. SPACE CITY; 6. Fractious Dome Futures; 7. The Dome and Its Legacy; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Titolo autorizzato: The eighth wonder of the world  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8032-9572-3
0-8032-9570-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910798528403321
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