# Divided We Stand

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- Authors: [Eric Darton](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-darton)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2011-08-02

## Description

When the World Trade centre was erected at the Hudson River's edge, it forever changed the character of the American city. In Divided We Stand , cultural critic Eric Darton chronicles the life of this billion-dollar building, using it as a lens through which to view the broader twentieth-century trend toward urbanized, global culture. Drawing on political and social history, Darton pioneers a new hybrid genre of architectural biography, revealing the convergence of four volatile elements in contemporary urban life: super tall buildings, financial speculation, globalization, and terrorism. Now with a new introduction and afterword, Divided We Stand remains the definitive work on the birth and life of the World Trade centre.

## Editions

### Divided We Stand

- Publisher: basic_books
- ISBN: 978-04-6502-765-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2011-08-02
- Language: en_GB