Into the void Pacific : building the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair / Andrew M. Shanken.

Author
Shanken, Andrew Michael, 1968- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014]
Description
240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.

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    Summary note
    Published on the occasion of the expo's 75th anniversary, Into the Void Pacific is the first architectural history of the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and index.
    Contents
    • Digging for Treasure Island
    • Great plots, small plans
    • Regionalism unbounded: the courts and palaces
    • The federal building
    • California and the Pacific
    • The Pacific area
    • A room of their own: the Yerba Buena club.
    ISBN
    • 9780520282827 ((hbk.))
    • 0520282825 ((hbk.))
    LCCN
    2014941493
    OCLC
    900826426
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