Hotel Dreams - Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 18291929

Informationen zum Autor Molly W. Berger is the associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and an instructor of history at Case Western Reserve University. She is the editor of The American Hotel , an award-winning volume in The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts series. Klappentext Winner, 2012 Sally Hacker Prize, Society for the History of Technology Hotel Dreams is a deeply researched and entertaining account of how the hotel's material world of machines and marble integrated into and shaped the society it served. Molly W. Berger offers a compelling history of the American hotel and how it captured the public's imagination as it came to represent the complex--and often contentious--relationship among luxury, economic development, and the ideals of a democratic society. Berger profiles the country's most prestigious hotels, including Boston's 1829 Tremont, San Francisco's world-famous Palace, and Chicago's enormous Stevens. The fascinating stories behind their design, construction, and marketing reveal in rich detail how these buildings became cultural symbols that shaped the urban landscape. Zusammenfassung The fascinating stories behind their design! construction! and marketing reveal in rich detail how these buildings became cultural symbols that shaped the urban landscape.

Product details

• Authors: Molly W Berger, Molly W. Berger, Molly W. (Associate Dean Berger
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2011
• EAN: 9780801899874
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9987-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Studies in Industry and Society; Studies in Industry and Societ; Studies in Industry and Society; Studies in Industry and Societ
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Impact of science & technology on society, History of the Americas, Impact of science and technology on society, Regional Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies