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194X : architecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front / Andrew M. Shanken.

Author/creator Shanken, Andrew Michael, 1968-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Descriptionx, 254 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
Architecture, landscape, and American culture series. ^A710345
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-244) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008043154
ISBN9780816653652 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0816653658 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816653669 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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