194X [electronic resource] : architecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front / Andrew M. Shanken.
2009
NA2543.S6 S53 2009eb
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Online Access
Details
Title
194X [electronic resource] : architecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front / Andrew M. Shanken.
ISBN
9780816653652 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0816653658 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780816653669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0816653658 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780816653669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
x, 254 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Call Number
NA2543.S6 S53 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.1/216097309045
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-244) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Series
Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
All Resources
Table of Contents
Introduction: planning the postwar architect
The culture of planning: the rhetoric and imagery of home front anticipation
Old cities, new frontiers: mature economy theory and the language of renewal
Advertising nothing, anticipating nowhere: architects and consumer culture
The end of planning: the building boom and the invention of normalcy
Afterword
Appendix: wartime advertising campaigns.
The culture of planning: the rhetoric and imagery of home front anticipation
Old cities, new frontiers: mature economy theory and the language of renewal
Advertising nothing, anticipating nowhere: architects and consumer culture
The end of planning: the building boom and the invention of normalcy
Afterword
Appendix: wartime advertising campaigns.