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American architects and texts : a computer-aided analysis of the literature

In this volume the author analyzes 400 architectural books and articles published over the past 150 years to reveal changing societal preferences in architecture and to measure the reputations of individual architects - the text includes a ranked list of the 100 most famous architects
Print Book, English, ©1996
MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., ©1996
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xviii, 424 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780262024006, 0262024004
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Foreword / William J. Mitchell
1. Text Analysis and Index Analysis
2. The Data
3. The Universe
4. Text Coverage
5. Histograms: From Commencement to Retirement and Beyond
6. The Foresight of Writers
7. Predictable and Unpredictable Lists of Names
8. Isonomy and Text Histograms
9. Cotextuality
10. International and Domestic Frames of Reference
11. Issues of Gender Equity among Writers and Architects
Appendix: Procedures, Formulas, and Validity of Results
Chronological Listing of Texts in the Corpus
Listing of Authors, Editors, and Photographers in the Corpus