Designing modern America
Subtitle: Broadway to main street
By: Christopher Innes.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Styling for the modern age; title: Egos at work; title: Theatrical fashions; title: Stage and screen; title: Society scenery; title: Century of progress; title: Riding into the future; title: World of tomorrow; title: Car culture; title: Street scenes; title: Reaching for the sky; title: Suburban heaven; title: Lifestyle begins in the kitchen; title: Selling modernity.