Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol
- ISBN-10
- 0226811158
- ISBN-13
- 9780226811154
- Series
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Category
- Photography
- Pages
- 206
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979-07-15
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Alan Trachtenberg
Description
Investigates the continuing impact of the Brooklyn Bridge upon the American imagination, exploring both its symbolic significance as reflected in the works of Hart Crane and others and its importance as an engineering accomplishment
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