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Divided We Stand
Eric Darton
其他書名
A Biography Of New York's World Trade Center
出版Basic Books, 2011-08-02
主題History / United States / General
ISBN04650281609780465028160
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=JMQZhxFH4I8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋When the World Trade Towers in New York City were erected at the Hudson's edge, they led the way to a real estate boom that was truly astonishing. Divided We Stand reveals the coming together and eruption of four volatile elements: super-tall buildings, financial speculation, globalization, and terrorism. The Trade Center serves as a potent symbol of the disastrous consequences of undemocratic planning and development. This book is a history of that skyscraping ambition and the impact it had on New York and international life. It is a portrait of a building complex that lives at the convergence point of social and economic realities central not only to New York City but to all industrial cities and suburbs. A meticulously researched historical account based on primary documents, Divided We Stand is a contemporary indictment of the prevailing urban order in the spirit of Jane Jacobs's mid-century classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities.