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PROLOGUE

“ANCHOR O F S E R E N I T Y”

Michael M. Greenburg

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS xi
PROLOGUE xiii
1 A SKYSCRAPER ON STILTS 1
2 “SCARY EXCITEMENT” 10
3 “A SKYSCRAPER FOR THE PEOPLE” 32
4 DIANE HARTLEY 37
5 THE MYSTERY STUDENT 51
6 “SOME VERY PECULIAR BEHAVIOR” 57
7 “VERTICAL URBANISM” 63
8 ONE IN SIXTEEN 74
9 “A CATALOGUE OF FAILURES” 79
10 “A SERIOUS AND DEADLY MATTER” 95
11 REVELATIONS 100
12 MOBILIZATION 114
13 “ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELD” 120
14 “WHITE LIES” 132
15 “A THOUSAND-YEAR WIND” 140
16 SAFETY, SECRECY, AND SURVEILLANCE 149
17 A CRITICAL ANALYSIS 155
18 ELLA 162
19 “EVENTS NOBODY ENVISIONED” 167
EPILOGUE 183
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 193
NOTES 195
BIBLIOGRAPHY 215
INDEX 223
ABOUT T H E AUTHOR 237

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479830022.003.0003

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS xi
PROLOGUE xiii
1 A SKYSCRAPER ON STILTS 1
2 “SCARY EXCITEMENT” 10
3 “A SKYSCRAPER FOR THE PEOPLE” 32
4 DIANE HARTLEY 37
5 THE MYSTERY STUDENT 51
6 “SOME VERY PECULIAR BEHAVIOR” 57
7 “VERTICAL URBANISM” 63
8 ONE IN SIXTEEN 74
9 “A CATALOGUE OF FAILURES” 79
10 “A SERIOUS AND DEADLY MATTER” 95
11 REVELATIONS 100
12 MOBILIZATION 114
13 “ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELD” 120
14 “WHITE LIES” 132
15 “A THOUSAND-YEAR WIND” 140
16 SAFETY, SECRECY, AND SURVEILLANCE 149
17 A CRITICAL ANALYSIS 155
18 ELLA 162
19 “EVENTS NOBODY ENVISIONED” 167
EPILOGUE 183
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 193
NOTES 195
BIBLIOGRAPHY 215
INDEX 223
ABOUT T H E AUTHOR 237

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