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A Concise History Of American Architecture (Icon Editions) (Updated Edition) by Leland M. Roth Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 1980 ISBN-10: 0-06-430086-2 / 0064300862 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-430086-5 / 9780064300865 This is a wide-ranging, substantive account of architecture: its elements, history and meaning from pre-historic times to the present. Leland Roth leads us all the way from Ancient Indian mounds to Johnson & Burgee's new "Chippendale" skyscraper in New York. He provides an assessment of each period |