On the Irish waterfront
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Site of the world's busiest and most lucrative harbor throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the Port of New York was also the historic preserve of Irish American gangsters, politicians, longshoremen's union leaders, and powerful Roman Catholic pastors. This is the demimonde depicted to stunning effect in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954) and into which(...)
On the Irish waterfront
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Site of the world's busiest and most lucrative harbor throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the Port of New York was also the historic preserve of Irish American gangsters, politicians, longshoremen's union leaders, and powerful Roman Catholic pastors. This is the demimonde depicted to stunning effect in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954) and into which James T. Fisher takes readers in this remarkable and engaging historical account of the classic film's backstory.
History since 1900, Reference Books
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306 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ©1974.
Animal architecture / [by] Karl von Frisch, with the collaboration of Otto von Frisch. Translated by Lisbeth Gombrich.
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306 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ©1974.
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xxv, 190 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Chichester [England] : Wiley-Academy ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
The organic approach to architecture / [edited by] Deborah Gans and Zehra Kuz.
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xxv, 190 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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Chichester [England] : Wiley-Academy ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
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40 pages : illustrations, map, portraits
[Montrèal, Quebec] : [Harbour Commissioners of Montreal], 1924.
Facts of interest in relation to the harbour of Montreal.
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40 pages : illustrations, map, portraits
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[Montrèal, Quebec] : [Harbour Commissioners of Montreal], 1924.
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viii, 284 p. illus. 23 cm.
Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press [1965]
The molds and man; an introduction to the fungi, by Clyde M. Christensen.
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Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press [1965]
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110 pages ; 22 cm
Brooklyn, NY : Paper Monument, [2018]
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Brooklyn, NY : Paper Monument, [2018]
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In this publication, Thomas Fisher presents fifty case studies representing a broad range of ethical dilemmas facing today's architects, from questions regarding which clients to work for, to the moral imperatives of reclaiming building materials for construction instead of sending them to landfills. This book features newly interpretations adapted to the pervasive(...)
Ethics for architects : 50 dilemmas of professional practice
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In this publication, Thomas Fisher presents fifty case studies representing a broad range of ethical dilemmas facing today's architects, from questions regarding which clients to work for, to the moral imperatives of reclaiming building materials for construction instead of sending them to landfills. This book features newly interpretations adapted to the pervasive demands of globalization, sustainability, and developments in information technology.
Architectural Theory
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America builds : source documents in American architecture and planning / edited by Leland M. Roth.
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xi, 675 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
New York : Harper & Row, ©1983.
America builds : source documents in American architecture and planning / edited by Leland M. Roth.
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xi, 675 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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New York : Harper & Row, ©1983.
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143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Tokyo : Graphic-sha Pub. Co., 1994.
The best use of landscape items in architectural rendering / Akira Ryu.
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Tokyo : Graphic-sha Pub. Co., 1994.
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Design by accident : for a new history of design / Alexandra Midal ; [translation, James Horton]
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407 pages ; 20 cm
Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2019], ©2019
Design by accident : for a new history of design / Alexandra Midal ; [translation, James Horton]
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Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2019], ©2019