Fallen glory : the lives and deaths of history's greatest buildings
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Lyons Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
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566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
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Buildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents―gods, kings and emperors, governments, visionaries and madmen―as well as friends and enemies. They have duties and responsibilities. They can endure crises of faith and purpose. They can succeed or fail. They can live. And, sooner or later, they die. In Fallen Glory, James Crawford uncovers the biographies of some of the world’s most fascinating lost and ruined buildings, from the dawn of civilization to the cyber era. The lives of these iconic structures are packed with drama and intrigue. Soap operas on the grandest scale, they feature war and religion, politics and art, love and betrayal, catastrophe and hope. Frequently their afterlives have been no less dramatic―their memories used and abused down the millennia for purposes both sacred and profane. They provide the stage for a startling array of characters, including Gilgamesh, the Cretan Minotaur, Agamemnon, Nefertiti, Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, Catherine the Great, Adolf Hitler, and even Bruce Springsteen. The twenty-one structures Crawford focuses on include The Tower of Babel, The Temple of Jerusalem, The Library of Alexandria, The Bastille, Kowloon Walled City, the Berlin Wall, and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Ranging from the deserts of Iraq, the banks of the Nile and the cloud forests of Peru, to the great cities of Jerusalem, Istanbul, Paris, Rome, London and New York, Fallen Glory is a unique guide to a world of vanished architecture. And, by picking through the fragments of our past, it asks what history’s scattered ruins can tell us about our own future.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Crawford, J. (2017). Fallen glory: the lives and deaths of history's greatest buildings (First U.S. edition.). Picador.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Crawford, James. 2017. Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings. New York: Picador.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Crawford, James. Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings New York: Picador, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Crawford, James. Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings First U.S. edition., Picador, 2017.

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