| Author | Brown, Bill, 1959 August 28-
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| Title | American Colossus : the grain elevator, 1843 to 1942 / William J. Brown.
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| Edition | New edition. |
| Published | Brooklyn, N.Y. : Colossal Books, 2015.
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| Description | i, 239, [21] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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| ISBN | 9780578012612 |
| ISBN | 0578012618 |
| General Note | Originally published in 2009.
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents | chapter 1. Grain power -- chapter 2. The metaphor of elevation -- chapter 3. The rise and fall of the port of Buffalo -- chapter 4. Fireproofing the tinderbox -- chapter 5. Visualizing the monster -- chapter 6. The European modernists -- chapter 7. Reyner Banham -- chapter 8. The Discourse post-Banham -- chapter 9. Dwelling on dwelling -- Appendix: The grain elevators of Buffalo. |
| Subjects | Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Grain -- Storage -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- History.
Grain elevators -- Design and construction.
Grain elevators -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- History.
Grain trade -- United States.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: HD 9038 B9 B881 2015
CA-1501728 c.1: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 34583] |
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