| Edition |
2nd ed., with a new preface and enhanced photographs. |
| Description |
xiv, 249 p. : Grayscale Illustration ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
American civilization. |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
First edition published 1979. |
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Second edition published 2001. |
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Printed in the United States of America. |
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Quotations and photographs from the work of Norman Bel Geddes used by permission of the Bel Geddes Collection at the University of Texas, and of the executrix of the Norman Bel Geddes Estate, Edith Lutyens Bel Geddes. |
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Quotations and photographs, including the front cover photo, 20th Century Limited locomotive, 1938, from the Henry Dreyfuss Collection used by permission of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution/Art Resource, NY. |
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Publication of the first edition of this book was assisted by a grant from the Publication Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A Consumer Society and Its Discontents -- Machine Aesthetics -- The New Industrial Designers -- Selling Industrial Design -- Industrialized Design -- Everything from a Match to a City -- The Practical Ultimate -- From Depression to Expression -- A Microcosm of the Machine-Age World. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2020. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Subject |
Design, Industrial -- United States.
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Meikle, Jeffrey L., 1949-
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American 4 : -- 1900-present.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Added Author |
Davis, Allen F. edited by.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
1566398924 paper |
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1566398932 paper |
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9781566398930 paper |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb04048 hdl |
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