Golden Gate - The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge

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.

Product details

• Authors: Starr, Kevin Starr
• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2012
• EAN: 9781608193998
• ISBN: 978-1-60819-399-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering