Cathedrals of Industry: Exploring the Factories and Infrastructure That Made America

ISBN 10: 0789214989 / ISBN 13: 9780789214980

Editore: Abbeville Press (edition ), 2024

The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Codice articolo 0789214989-7-1

Riassunto:

“This book . . . documents better than any economic historian could some of the enormous changes our economy and our society have been going through.”American culture and politics are shot through with nostalgia for the country’s industrial past, a time when we actually made things—physical things, not patterns of bits and bytes. But what did this past actually look like? Photographer Michael L. Horowitz has traveled throughout the Northeast in search of its remnants, both heritage businesses that have survived to the present and the ruins of decommissioned factories and infrastructure. The spaces he takes us inside range from the intimate to the vast—from the last silk flower workshop in New York’s Garment District to Buffalo’s looming grain elevators and the Paterson Great Falls Hydroelectric Plant, in operation since 1914. Horowitz photographs these places with the eye not only of a photographer but of someone who has taken the time to understand their inner workings—an understanding that is extended to the reader through Jim Holtje’s lively and carefully researched text.Cathedrals of Industry

Informazioni sull?autore:

Michael L. Horowitz, a New York-based photographer, has dedicated himself to documenting cultural history in the face of rapid change; his photographs of New York City, Buffalo, and Italy have been widely exhibited. Horowitz is the owner of Digital Imaging Group LLC, a custom digital and fine art photo studio.
James Holtje is an author, speechwriter, and academic. He teaches at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and has published six books on business and public affairs.

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Titolo: Cathedrals of Industry: Exploring the ...
Casa editrice: Abbeville Press (edition )
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Fair