Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Publicado por Free Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Half Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. 322 pp, photos. America's ambitions of the last 200 years have been typified by engineering that included genius and perseverence. Each of the eight projects in this account show both vision and unusual achievement, culminating in the world-transforming Internet! Remainder mark at head, tiny edge rub on back of dj. Generously illustrated.
Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Hard Cover - VG/VG - Book and dust jacket are clean and tight with light wear - Ex-Library - Illustrated - Index - 322 pages. Ex-Library.
Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: new. New.
Publicado por Free Press, USA, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: NightsendBooks, Concord, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. First Edition. 1ST EDITION (stated) This copy is NEW; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight. The jacket is also new: absolutely intact , including excellent color and design. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. Because of the heavy weight of this book, we have to charge extra for shipping: however, we will only charge the difference between our regular shipping rate and the extra charge that the U.S.Post Office asks to ship the book. No foreign sales on this book. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES.
Publicado por Free Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1451613016 ISBN 13: 9781451613018
Librería: Lakeside Books, Benton Harbor, MI, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Free Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1451613016 ISBN 13: 9781451613018
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Publicado por Free Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1451613016 ISBN 13: 9781451613018
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Condición: New.
Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. Book is in NEW condition. 3.1.
Publicado por Free Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1451613016 ISBN 13: 9781451613018
Librería: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Publicado por Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2011
ISBN 10: 1451613016 ISBN 13: 9781451613018
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Since the earliest days of the republic, great engineering projects have shaped American landscapes and expressed American dreams. The ambition to build lies as close to the nation's heart as the belief in liberty. We live in a built civilization, connected one to another in an enormous web of technology. Yet we have all too often overlooked the role of engineers and builders in American history. With glorious photographs and epic narrative sweep, Great Projects at last gives their story the prominence it deserves. Each of the eight projects featured in this masterful narrative was a milestone in its own right: the flood-control works of the lower Mississippi, Hoover Dam, Edison's lighting system, the spread of electricity across the nation, the great Croton Aqueduct, the bridges of New York City, Boston's revamped street system, known as the Big Dig, and the ever-evolving communica- tions network called the Internet. Each project arose from a heroic vision. Each encountered obstacles. Each reveals a tale of genius and perseverance. James Tobin, winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award, explains the four essential tasks of the engineer: to protect people from the destructive force of water while harnessing it for the enormous good it can do; to provide people with electricity, the motive force of modern life; to make great cities habitable and vital; and to create the pathways that connect place to place and person to person. Tobin focuses on the indi- viduals behind our greatest structures of earth and concrete and steel: James Buchanan Eads, who walked on the floor of the Mississippi to learn the river's secrets; Arthur Powell Davis and Frank Crowe, who imagined a dam that could transform the West; Thomas Edison, who envisioned a new way to light the world; Samuel Insull, the organizational mastermind of the electrical revolution; the long-forgotten John Bloomfield Jervis, who assured New York's future with the gift of clean water; Othmar Ammann, the modest Swiss-American who fought his mentor to become the first engineer to bridge the lower Hudson River; Fred Salvucci, the antihighway rebel who transformed the face of Boston; and J.C.R. Licklider, the obscure scientist who first imagined the Internet. Here, too, are the workers who scorned hardship to turn the engineers' dreams into reality, deep underground and high in the sky, through cold and heat and danger. In Great Projects -- soon to be a major PBS television series by the Emmy Award-winning Great Projects Film Company -- we share their dreams and witness their struggles; we watch them create the modern world we walk through each day -- the "city upon a hill" that became our America. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por The Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Reino Unido
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Simon and Schuster, 2011
ISBN 10: 1451613016 ISBN 13: 9781451613018
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
Librería: Big Bill's Books, Wimberley, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: new. Brand New Copy.
Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap.
Publicado por Simon and Schuster, 2011
ISBN 10: 1451613016 ISBN 13: 9781451613018
Librería: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Reino Unido
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Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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Hardcover. Condición: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service.
Publicado por The Free Press / Simon & Schuster, 2001
Librería: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, Estados Unidos de America
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FIRST EDITION. GREAT PROJECTS THE EPIC STORY OF THE BUILDING OF AMERICA, FROM THE TAMING OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE INVENTION OF THE INTERNET, The Free Press / Simon & Schuster, 2001, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper replete with illustrations and photographs, both full color and black & white, on virtually every page. INSCRIBED by the author at time of publication.
Publicado por Free Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0743210646 ISBN 13: 9780743210645
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