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- Hoover Tower at Stanford University
- Tác giả: Elena S. Danielson
- Nhà xuất bản: Arcadia Publishing - Charleston
- Năm xuất bản: 2018
- Số trang:127 p.
- Kích thước:24 cm.
- Số đăng ký cá biệt:57565
- ISBN:978-1540235503
- Mã Dewey:728
- Đơn giá:0
- Vị trí lưu trữ:03 Quang Trung
- Ngôn ngữ:English
- Loại tài liệu:Sách Tham Khảo
- Đang rỗi/ Tổng sách:0/1
- Từ khóa:Academic libraries, California Stanford, History, buildings
- Chủ đề: Academic libraries--California Stanford--History & Stanford University--Buildings
- Chuyên ngành: Khoa Khoa học Xã Hội & Nhân Văn
- Tóm tắt: A Stanford University landmark since 1941, the 285-foot-tall, Art Deco-style Hoover Tower provides a contrasting focal point for the horizontal lines of the Quad's sandstone arcades. The Quad, begun in 1887 and designed in Richardsonian Romanesque style, was only partially completed for the first class of students in 1891. One of those students was 17-year-old Herbert Hoover (1874-1964). Hoover graduated in 1895 and began his career in mining. During World War I, he shifted his energies to providing food relief in war-torn Europe. Prior to becoming US president (1929-1933), Hoover had started collecting vast documentation on international relations, global economics, war, revolution, and peace...
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