Lifted

ISBN: 9780814787168 出版年：2014 页码：316 Bernard New York University Press

INTRODUCTION The History of Technology: New York, 1854 Inventing the Multistory Building Accidents THE BREACH THROUGH THE BUILDING: Organizing the Vertical A Theory of the Elevator Shaft Architectures of LinearityThe Void between Floors FROM ATTIC TO PENTHOUSE: The Vertical Hierarchy of Buildings Grand Hotels Garret Rooms, 1839: Poor Poets and Eloping Couples The Hygienists' Battle against the Tenement House The Semantics of the Attic around the Fin de Siecle Penthouses, Roof Gardens, and the Executive Suite CONTROLS The Elevator Operator at the Turn of the Century Push-Button Controls and the Path to Self-Operated Elevators A Brief Psychology of the Push Button INTERIORS The Stairwell The Assimilation of the Elevator Cab Urbanization and Spatial Fear: The Cab and Claustrophobia The Politics of the Elevator The Elevator in Literature, Film, and Advertising NotesBibliography About the Author About the Translator