The Gateway Arch: Fact & Symbol

By W. Arthur Mehrhoff

Book Overview

Like the nation that it symbolizes, the bold arch of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial poses enormous contradictions. It is a simple, classical architectural form constructed with the most sophisticated modern engineering. It is a national historic site created by demolishing nearly forty blocks of historic riverfront buildings. It is the perfect place to examine critical, historic tensions in American culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879725680
• ISBN13: 9780879725686
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"