Böcker av Alexander Wood

A sweeping history of New York's urban development that chronicles the making of one of the world's great cities. Between the 1880s and the 1930s, New York City experienced explosive growth, as nearly a million buildings, half a dozen bridges, countless tunnels and subway tracks, and miles of new streets and sidewalks were erected to meet the needs of an ever-swelling population. This landscape--jagged with skyscrapers, clamoring with transit, alive with people--made the city world-famous. Building the Metropolis offers a revelatory look at this era of urban development by asking, "Who built this and how?" Focusing on the work of architects, builders, and construction workers, Alexander Wood chronicles the physical process of New York's rapid expansion. The city's towering buildings and busy thoroughfares aren't just stylish or structural marvels, Wood shows, but the direct result of the many colorful personalities who worked in one of the city's largest industries. New York's development boom drew on the resources of the whole community and required money, political will, creative vision, entrepreneurial drive, skilled workmanship, and hard physical labor. Wood shows this to be a national story as well. As cities became nodes in a regional, national, and global economy, the business of construction became an important motor of economic, political, and social development. While they held drastically different views on the course of urban growth, machine politicians, reformers, and radicals alike were all committed to city-building on an epic scale. Drawing on various sources, including city archives, the records of architecture firms, construction companies, and labor unions, Building the Metropolis tells the story of New York in a way that's epic, lively, and utterly original.

An in-depth exploration of the scientific principles behind music, including the physics of sound and the physiology of the human ear. This book is an essential resource for music students and professionals wishing to gain a deeper understanding of their craft.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

An in-depth exploration of the scientific principles behind music, including the physics of sound and the physiology of the human ear. This book is an essential resource for music students and professionals wishing to gain a deeper understanding of their craft.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This 1954 biography was the result of many years' labour by its author, Alexander Wood. At the time of Dr Wood's death, he had completed the first ten chapters and left notes for the remaining two, which were finished by Frank Oldham. The volume traces the life of the famous English natural philosopher Thomas Young.

The world is losing species and biodiversity at an unprecedented rate, driven by a complex array of social, economic, political and biological factors. This book examines the underlying causes, providing analyses of a range of case studies and integrating them into an interdisciplinary framework.