Title & Author:

World War II and the American dream : how wartime building changed a nation / exhibition organized and catalog edited by Donald Albrecht ; essays by Margaret Crawford [and others].

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Building Museum ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995.

Description:

xli, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Building Museum, Nov. 11, 1994-Dec. 31, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-279) and index.
Enlisting modernism / Peter S. Reed -- Scarcity and promise : materials and American domestic culture during World War II / Robert Friedel -- Daily life on the home front : women, blacks, and the struggle for public housing / Margaret Crawford -- The airplane and the garden city : regional transformations during World War II / Greg Hise -- Building for war, preparing for peace : World War II and the military-industrial complex / Joel Davidson -- War is swell / Michael Sorkin.

Summary:

"Among the legacies of World War II was a massive building program on a scale that America had not seen before and has not seen since. The war effort created thousands of factories, homes, even entire cities throughout the country. Many of these structures still stand, the physical evidence of an unprecedented ability to harness the power and resources of a people. The complex legacy of this notable period in our nation's history is discussed from a different perspective by each contributor."--Jacket.

ISBN:

026201145X (alk. paper)
9780262011457 (alk. paper)
0262510839 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780262510837 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

National Building Museum (Washington (DC), Etats-Unis) Catalogues d'exposition.
Housing United States History 20th century.
Building Social aspects United States History 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 Economic aspects United States.
Construction Aspect social États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Aspect économique États-Unis.
Building Social aspects
Economics
Housing
Manners and customs
Bouwprojecten.
Woningen.
Fabrieken.
Housing United States.
Logement États-Unis Histoire.
Constructions Aspect social États-Unis 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) Aspect économique États-Unis.
Construction Etats-Unis 1900-1945.
Habitations Construction Etats-Unis 1900-1945.
United States Social life and customs 1918-1945.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1918-1945.
United States
États-Unis Civilisation 1900-1945.
Building
Housing History
World War, 1939-1945

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
History

Added entries:

Albrecht, Donald.
Crawford, Margaret, 1948-
National Building Museum (U.S.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 93032
Call No.: HD7293.W67 (ID 95-B887)
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 93033
Call No.: HD7293.W67 (ID 95-B887)
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available