William H Jordy

Biographic Data

ID680002
NAMEWilliam H Jordy
GIVEN NAMESWilliam H
FAMILY NAMEJordy
SIGNATUREJORDY W H
AFFILIATIONSJohn Brown University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1941
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
H-INDEX1

  • Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture

    William H Jordy, Mardges BaconBOOK"Symbolic essence" and other…2005

    BOOK"Symbolic Essence" and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American CultureWilliam H. Jordy, Mardges Bacon (Editor) https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00114 Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16300Copy Historian and architectural critic William H. Jordy (1917–1997) significantly shaped the way we understand the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture. This collection of his thought-provoking essays encompas…

  • "Symbolic essence" and other writings on modern architecture and American culture

    William H JordyBOOK"Symbolic essence" and other…2005

    "Historian and architectural critic William H. Jordy (1917-1997) significantly shaped the way we understand the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture. This collection of his thought-provoking essays encompasses Jordy's entire career and includes his signature essay, "The Symbolic Essence of Modern Architecture of the Twenties and Its Continuing Influence." The collection also contains critical writings on works by Ludw…

  • The Intellectual Verus the City

    William H Jordy, Morton Morton et al.ARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1963

    Journal Article The Intellectual versus the City: From Thomas Jefferson to Frank Lloyd Wright. By Morton and Lucia White. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press and the M.I.T. Press, 1962. xii + 270 pp. Notes and index. $5.50.) Get access William H. Jordy William H. Jordy Brown University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 49, Issue 4, March 1963, Pages 683–685, https://doi.o…

  • The Mind and Art of Henry Adams

    William H Jordy, J C LevensonARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1958

  • The Scientific Thought of Henry Adams

    William H Jordy, Henry WasserARTICLEThe New England Quarterly1957

  • Architecture, Ambition and Americans

    Open AccessWilliam H Jordy, Wayne AndrewsARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1956Cited by: 1

  • The Shingle Style; Architectural Theory and Design from Richardson to the Origins of Wright

    William H Jordy, Vincent Scully et al.ARTICLEThe New England Quarterly1955

  • Charles A. Beard

    William H Jordy, Howard K BealeARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1955

  • Henry Adams

    Ernest Samuels, William H JordyARTICLEAmerican Literature1953

  • Runaway Star. An Appreciation of Henry Adams

    Open AccessPerry Miller, Henry Adams et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1953

  • Howells and Italy

    Open AccessWilliam H Jordy, James Woodress et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1953Cited by: 1

  • Henry Adams

    Donald Meyer, William H Jordy et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1953

  • Henry Adams

    John Lydenberg, William H JordyARTICLEThe New England Quarterly1952

  • Henry Adams

    Ferdinand Schevill, William H JordyARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1952

    Henry Adams: Scientific Historian. By William H. Jordy. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1952. xv + 327 pp. Appendix, bibliography, and index. $5.00.) Ferdinand Schevill Ferdinand Schevill Michigan City, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 39, Issue 3, December 1952, Pages 569–570, https://doi.org/10.2307/1895037 Published: 01 December 1952

  • Henry Adams and Francis Parkman

    Open AccessWilliam H Jordy, William JordyARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1951Cited by: 2

    SINCE Gibbon, the spectacle was almost a scandal. History had lost even the sense of shame. It was a hundred years behind the experimental sciences. For all serious purpose, it was less instructive than Walter Scott and Alexandre Dumas. Thus, in 1905, Adams chided his fellow historians in the Education, about fifteen years after he had completed his massive study of the Jefferson and Madison administrations. Then he quickly made a few exceptions …

  • Henry Adams and Walt Whitman

    William H JordyARTICLESouth Atlantic Quarterly1941

    Research Article| April 01 1941 Henry Adams and Walt Whitman William H. Jordy William H. Jordy Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1941) 40 (2): 132–145. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-40-2-132 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation William H. Jordy; Henry Adams and Walt Whitman. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 April 1941; 40 (2): 132–145. doi…