Book ID: CBB001033407

Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829--1929 (2011)

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Berger, Molly W. (Author)


Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: 318 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Geoff D. Zylstra (2012) Review of "Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829--1929". Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (pp. 255-256). unapi

Review Brody, David (2012) Review of "Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829--1929". Journal of Design History (p. 111). unapi

Review Bachin, Robin F. (2012) Review of "Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829--1929". American Historical Review (pp. 1236-1237). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Osman, Michael
Daphne Spain
William J. Glover
Yi, Yuan
Müller-Pohl, Simone
Heath, Andrew
Journals
Social Science History
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Publishers
University of Minnesota Press
Yale University Press
Open University (United Kingdom)
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pennsylvania State University Press
Manchester University Press
Concepts
Industrialization
Urbanization
Technology and society
Architecture
Urban planning
Building construction
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Progressive Era (1890s-1920s)
Places
United States
Great Britain
Philadelphia, PA
England
Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
Shanghai (China)
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