Divided We Stand

A Biography of the World Trade Center

By: Eric Darton

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Paperback | 1 August 2011 | Edition Number 1

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304 Pages

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11+

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2.1 x 14.4 x 23.3

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When the World Trade Center was erected at the Hudson River’s edge, it forever changed the character of the American city. In Divided We Stand, cultural critic Eric Darton chronicles the life of this billion-dollar building, using it as a lens through which to view the broader twentieth-century trend toward urbanized, global culture. Drawing on political and social history, Darton pioneers a new hybrid genre of architectural biography, revealing the convergence of four volatile elements in contemporary urban life: super tall buildings, financial speculation, globalization, and terrorism.

Now with a new introduction and afterword, Divided We Stand remains the definitive work on the birth and life of the World Trade Center.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Note to the Reader	p. xi

Fair Warnings	p. 2
Maneuvers Toward a City of Towers	p. 18
Port Authority Rules	p. 38
Billion-Dollar Baby	p. 60

The Coming Thing	p. 88
The Thing Itself	p. 112
Being There	p. 144
Ripple Effects	p. 164
The Space Between	p. 188
Afterword	p. 225
Selected Bibliography	p. 263
Index	p. 271
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