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Cold war hothouses : inventing postwar culture, from cockpit to playboy / Beatriz Colomina, AnnMarie Brennan, and Jeannie Kim, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--1945-.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970.
- Material culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Material culture.
- Technological innovations--United States--History--20th century.
- Technological innovations.
- Manners and customs.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2004.
- Summary:
- "Steeped in technological innovation and driven by unprecedented growth, life in America after World War II was transformed in every aspect and at every scale. From the military-industrial complex and suburban sprawl to the ballpoint pen and the TV dinner, the by-products of the Cold War radically altered physical space and human experience. In the half-century that separates these developments from our own time, however, our awe at the advances of postwar society has softened to nostalgia, and our affection for the everyday objects that were left behind has clouded our view of the enormous spatial reorganizations and transformations that took place, Cold War Hothouses casts an eye on this pivotal time in history, when scientists and architects, industrialists and advertisers, invented nothing short of a new American culture."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Cold war/hot houses / Beatriz Colomina
- Cockpit / Branden Hookway
- Forecast / AnnMarie Brennan
- Plastics / Stephen Phillips
- Playroom / David Snyder
- Toy / Tamar Zinguer
- Mission 66 / Jeannie Kim
- Beat spaces / Roy Kozlovsky
- Pornotopia / Beatriz Precaido.
- Cold war/hot houses
- Cockpit
- Forecast
- Plastics
- Playroom
- Toy
- Mission 66
- Beat space
- Pornotopia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1568983026
- 9781568983028
- OCLC:
- 53951195
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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