Twentieth century limited : industrial design in America, 1925-1939 / Jeffrey L. Meikle.

Main entry:

Meikle, Jeffrey L., 1949-

Title & Author:

Twentieth century limited : industrial design in America, 1925-1939 / Jeffrey L. Meikle.

Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1979.

Description:

xiv, 249 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Series:

American civilization

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and index.
Foreword -- Prologue -- 1. A consumer society and its discontents -- 2. Machine aesthetics -- 3. The new industrial designers -- 4. Selling industrial design -- 5. Industrialized design -- 6. Everything from a match to a city -- 7. The practical ultimate -- 8. From depression to expression -- 9. A microcosm of the machine-age world.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0877221588
9780877221586
0877222460
9780877222460

Subject:

Industrial design United States History.
Design États-Unis Histoire.
21.82 industrial design.
Industrial design
Industriedesign
Industriële vormgeving.
United States
USA
Design, Industrial

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

American civilization.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 141692
Call No.: 2671; ID:87-B17852
Status: Available

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