American design ethic : a history of industrial design to 1940 / Arthur J. Pulos.

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Pulos, Arthur J.

Title & Author:

American design ethic : a history of industrial design to 1940 / Arthur J. Pulos.

Publication:

Description:

441 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-433) and index.
The Colonies: The arts of survival. The arts of industry. The arts of affluence -- The young republic: The search for identity. The promise of free enterprise. The American system of manufactures -- The democracy: Equality and opportunity. Elegance and the middle class -- The aristocracy: Industrial arts and good taste. Industrialization and the good life. From beaux-arts to arts and crafts -- The new century: Industrial arts and the arts of manufacture. Mass production and concern for design. The arsenal of democracy and a call for design -- The machine age: Commercial art discovers design. The rejection of art moderne. Art moderne becomes industrial design -- The design decade : The house of tomorrow. Skyscrapers and streamliners. From "cleanlining" to accountability -- Epilogue: From affluence to conscience.

ISBN:

0262160854
9780262160858
0262660571
9780262660570

Subject:

Industrial design United States History.
Design États-Unis Histoire.
Industrial design
Geschichte
Industriedesign
Industriële vormgeving.
United States
USA
United States Industrial design, to 1940

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 66167
Call No.: 0005100 11082; ID:85-B944
Status: Available

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