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Author Innes, Christopher, 1941-

Title Designing modern America [electronic resource] : Broadway to Main Street / Christopher Innes.

Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 320 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
Contents Styling for the modern age -- Egos at work -- Theatrical fashions -- Stage and screen -- Society scenery -- A century of progress -- Riding into the future -- The world of tomorrow -- Car culture -- Street scenes -- Reaching for the sky -- Suburban heaven -- Lifestyle begins in the kitchen -- Selling modernity -- Afterword : then and now.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Urban, Joseph, 1872-1933 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Design -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0300108044 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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