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Nearest thing to heaven

the Empire State Building and American dreams

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the Empire State Building and American dreams

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
235

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Subjects

Buildings, structures, Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.), Buildings, Constructions, Architektur, Empire State Building, American dream, Geschichte, Kultur, Historic buildings, united states

Places

New York (N.Y.)

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Cover of: Nearest Thing to Heaven
Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams (American Icons Series)
December 28, 2007, Yale University Press
Paperback in English
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Cover of: Nearest thing to heaven
Nearest thing to heaven: the Empire State Building and American dreams
2006, Yale University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Book Details

Table of Contents

Palace of dreams
Image and icon
Scrape the sky
System and structure
Still life
Moving pictures
Empire.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New Haven [Conn.]
Series
American icons, American icons series.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
974.7/1
Library of Congress
F128.8.E46 K56 2006, F128.8.E46K56 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
235

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3419148M
Internet Archive
nearestthingtohe0000king
ISBN 10
030010622X
ISBN 13
9780300106220
LCCN
2005035557
OCLC/WorldCat
62533859
Library Thing
1863729
Goodreads
125265

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A lesser man, am ordinary man, might have retreated into bitterness.
added anonymously.

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