Design in the USA

Name: Design in the USA
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ISBN: 9780192842190

ISBN-10: 0192842196

ISBN-13: 9780192842190

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jeffrey L. Meikle

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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 cultural role of design in American society? To produce useful things that consumers need? Or to persuade them to buy things that they don't need? Where does the designer stand in allthis? And how has the role of design in America changed over time, since the early days of the young Republic? Jeffrey Meikle explores the social and cultural history of American design spanning over two centuries,…

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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 9.61" wide x 6.69" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



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


Further Reading


Timeline


Museums and Websites


List of Illustrations


Index