TY - BOOK AU - Leslie,Thomas ED - Project Muse. TI - Chicago skyscrapers, 1871-1934 SN - 9780252094798 AV - NA6232 .L47 2013 U1 - 720/.4830977311 22 PY - 2013/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Skyscrapers KW - Illinois KW - Chicago KW - History KW - Chicago (Ill.) KW - Buildings, structures, etc KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; October 1871 -- 'built mostly of itself': Chicago and clay, 1874-1891 -- Iron and light: the 'great architectural problem' and the skeleton frame, 1879-1892 -- Steel and wind: the braced frame, 1890-1897 -- Glass and light: 'veneers' and curtain walls, 1889-1904 -- Steel, clay, and glass: the expressed frame, 1897-1910 -- Steel, light, and style: the concealed frame, 1905-1918 -- Power and height: the electric skyscraper, 1920-1934 -- Chicago, 1934 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780252094798/ ER -