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Usonia : Frank Lloyd Wright's design for America / Alvin Rosenbaum

By:

Rosenbaum, Alvin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation , c1993Description: 215 p. : illus. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780891332015

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

728.37092 ROS

LOC classification:

NA7208 .R67 1993

Summary: The fascinating parallel narratives of three men who influenced the era between 1920 and 1950 - Wright, Henry Ford and Franklin D. Roosevelt - are interwoven with provocative details about other lives, historic events and personal insights to demonstrate how Wright's ideas have shaped modern America. Describes how the architect's vision failed and succeeded and how Usonia was realized in expected and unexpected ways.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	728.37092 ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		054933

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The fascinating parallel narratives of three men who influenced the era between 1920 and 1950 - Wright, Henry Ford and Franklin D. Roosevelt - are interwoven with provocative details about other lives, historic events and personal insights to demonstrate how Wright's ideas have shaped modern America. Describes how the architect's vision failed and succeeded and how Usonia was realized in expected and unexpected ways.

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