Roots of contemporary American architecture : a series of thirty-seven essays dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present ;Contains an introductory essay and biographies of the twenty-nine writers whose work appears herein.

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Author / Creator:Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990, editor.
Imprint:New York : Reinhold, [1952]
Description:vii, 454 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2085147
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Other form:Online version: Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. Roots of contemporary American architecture. New York, Reinhold [1952]

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