America By Design

America By Design by Spiro Kostof. Published by Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1987. 1st Edition1st Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good- DJ. 388 Pgs. ISBN 0195042832. LCCN 86-12787. Companion volume to the PBS television series. What is the pattern of America? How did we mark our land throughout our history with towns and farms, factories and railroad lines? And what does all this activity say about who we are and what we have been? In this book, a beautifully illustrated volume, one of our most highly acclaimed architectural historians confronts these questions as he takes us on a thoughtful and wonderfully engaging tour of America's built environment. Description text copyright 2012 BooksForComfort. Item ID 27261.