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194X : architecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front / Andrew M. Shanken.
Author
Shanken, Andrew Michael, 1968-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Description
1 online resource (x, 254 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Architecture and society
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Architecture
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United States
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Planning
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Architecture
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United States
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History
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20th century
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City planning
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United States
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History
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20th century
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United States
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Social conditions
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1945-
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Series
Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
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Summary note
During the Second World War, American architecture was in a state of crisis. The rationing of building materials and restrictions on nonmilitary construction continued the privations that the profession had endured during the Great Depression. At the same time, the dramatic events of the 1930s and 1940s led many architects to believe that their profession--and society itself--would undergo a profound shift once the war ended, with private commissions giving way to centrally planned projects. The magazine Architectural Forum coined the term "194X" to encapsulate this wartime vision of postwar arc.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
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.
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ISBN
9780816668076 ((electronic bk.))
0816668078 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
670429695
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194X [electronic resource] : architecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front / Andrew M. Shanken.
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