Designing Pan-America: U.S. Architectural Visions for the Western Hemisphere

by Robert Alexander Gonzalez

Book Overview

Late in the nineteenth century, U.S. commercial and political interests began eyeing the countries of Latin America as plantations, farms, and mines to be accessed by new shipping lines and railroads. As their desire to dominate commerce and trade in the Western Hemisphere grew, these U.S. interests promoted the concept of "Pan-Americanism" to link the United States and Latin America and called on U.S. architects to help set the stage for Pan-Americanism's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477326677
• ISBN13: 9781477326671
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.9" x 9.9"