Reinforced Concrete and the Modernization of American Building, 1900-1930

by Amy E. Slaton

Examining the proliferation of reinforced-concrete construction in the United States after 1900, historian Amy E. Slaton considers how scientific approaches and occupations displaced traditionally skilled labor. The technology of concrete buildings--little studied by historians of engineering, architecture, or industry--offers a remarkable case study in the modernization of American production.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080186559X
• ISBN13: 9780801865596
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher