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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Trumpbour Robert C.
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 725/.827097641411 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8032-9572-3 |
| 0-8032-9570-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910466225303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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