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From the Cadillac to the Apple Mac, the skyscraper to the Tiffany lampshade, the world in which we live has been profoundly influenced for over a century by the work of American designers. But the product is only the end of a story that is full of fascinating questions. What has been the social and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meikle, Jeffrey L., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Oxford history of art.
Subjects:
Industrial design > United States > History.
Design > États-Unis > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Design > General.
DESIGN > Industrial.
Industrial design.
Vormgeving.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The emergence of the American system, 1790-1860
  • Art and industry in the gilded age, 1860-1918
  • Designing the machine age, 1918-1940
  • High design versus popular styling, 1940-1965
  • Into the millennium: moving beyond modernism
  • Notes
  • Timeline
  • Museums and websites
  • List of illustrations.

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