The Gateway Arch: Fact & Symbol

Author/Contributor(s):	Mehrhoff, W Arthur
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Date:	01/01/1992
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Like the nation that it symbolizes, the bold arch of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial poses enormous contradictions. It is a simple, classical architectural form constructed with the most sophisticated modern engineering. It is a national historic site created by demolishing nearly forty blocks of historic riverfront buildings. It is the perfect place to examine critical, historic tensions in American culture.