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Author Schrenk, Lisa Diane.

Title Building a century of progress : the architecture of Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair / Lisa D. Schrenk
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description x, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Contents Introduction : the future begins -- 1. Science finds - industry applies - man conforms -- 2. Designing the city of color and delight -- 3. Prefabricated palaces : formal designs of the pavilions -- 4. Building innovations at the Exposition -- 5. Exposition houses of today and tomorrow -- 6. Unbuilt visions for a modern Exposition -- 7. The contemporary reaction and impact of the Exposition -- Postscript : the curtain falls -- App. A. Major buildings and architects of a century of progress -- App. B. Color schemes of a century of progress
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-343) and index
SUBJECT Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80119876 -- Buildings. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004819
Subject Exhibition buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114625
LC no. 2007009547
ISBN 9780816648368 hardcover alkaline paper
0816648360 hardcover alkaline paper