New! Improved! Updated! Shorter and less expensive! -- Yes, William J. Brown's ""American Colossus: the Grain Elevator 1843 to 1942"" has been republished, and it is even better than before. Originally published in 2009, ""American Colossus"" is still the only book-length history of the invention, development and widespread adoption of the steam-powered grain elevator, which was invented in Buffalo, New York, in 1843 by Joseph Dart and Robert Dunbar. Over the course of the next 50 years, Buffalo-style grain elevators were built all over the Great Lakes region and, eventually, all over the world. ""American Colossus"" pays careful attention to the role played by the Erie Canal and to such technical matters as fireproofing measures and materials-handling techniques. The heart and soul of the book are the chapters devoted to the depictions and interpretations of Buffalo's elevators by the local press in the 19th C and such European modern architects as Gropius, Mendelssohn and Le Corbusier in the 20th.

American Colossus: The Grain Elevator, 1843 to 1943

History

Brown, William J.

Americas

Colossal Books

Massive anthology of essays and illustrations published in NOT BORED! between 1983 and 2010.

NOT BORED! Anthology 1983-2010

Brown, Bill

The collected works of William Z. Spiegelman, who was a prominent Jewish journalist and editor for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in New York City in the 1910s and 1920s, and an important Zionist official at the Jewish national Fund in the 1930s and 1940s. Includes illustrations, an index and a complete bibliography.

A Jewish Life: The Collected Writings of William Z. Spiegelman

Spiegelman, William Z.

Europe

A translation of an infamous prank played at the expense of Italy's ruling class in 1975. Signed by "Censor," this book was actually written by Gianfranco Sanguinetti, a former member of the Situationist International.

Truthful Report on the Last Chances to Save Capitalism in Italy

Gianfranco Sanguinetti

New translation of classic book about terrorism, written by ex-situationist Gianfranco Sanguinetti and first published in 1979. Relevant to discussions about September 11, 2001 and the contemporary "War on Terror."

On Terrorism and the State

Sanguinetti, Gianfranco

A translation of what amounts to the autobiography of Raoul Vaneigem, one of the most important members of the Situationist International. First published in French in 2014, this book offers a unique series of self-portraits and caricatures of the members of the situationist movement.

Raoul Vaneigem: Self-Portraits and Caricatures of the Situationist International

Vaneigem, Raoul

Biographies & Memoirs

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