Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829–1929 eBook

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Hotel Dreams is a deeply researched and entertaining account of how the hotel’s material world of machines and marble integrated into and shaped the society it served. Molly W. Berger offers a compelling history of the American hotel and how it captured the public’s imagination as it came to represent the complex—and often contentious—relationship among luxury, economic development, and the ideals of a democratic society.

Berger profiles the country’s most prestigious hotels, including Boston’s 1829 Tremont, San Francisco’s world-famous Palace, and Chicago’s enormous Stevens. The fascinating stories behind their design, construction, and marketing reveal in rich detail how these buildings became cultural symbols that shaped the urban landscape.

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Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829–1929 is written by Molly W. Berger and published by JHUP. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Hotel Dreams are 9781421401843, 1421401843 and the print ISBNs are 9781421419923, 1421419920.