Golden Gate : the life and times of America's greatest bridge /

Golden Gate : the life and times of America's greatest bridge /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Starr, Kevin.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Imprint:	New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2010.
Description:	215 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.) California -- San Francisco -- Golden Gate Bridge.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8127987

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ISBN:	9781596915343 (alk. paper) : $23.00 159691534X (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The Golden Gate, a dazzling feat of engineering completed in 1937, is a counterpart to the Statue of Liberty, pronouncing American achievement in an unmistakably American fashion. This is a passionate telling of the history of the bridge, and the rich and peculiar history of the California experience. The Golden Gate is a grand public work, a symbol and a very real bridge, a magnet for both postcard photographs and suicides. In this compact but comprehensive narrative, historian Kevin Starr unfolds the hidden-in-plain-sight meaning of the Golden Gate, putting it in its place among classic works of art.--From publisher description.

Table of Contents:

Bridge
Icon
Site
Vision
Politics
Money
Design
Construction
City
Suicide
Art.