194X : architecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front / Andrew M. Shanken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shanken, Andrew Michael, 1968-

Series:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society--United States--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

Architecture--United States--Planning.

Architecture.

Architecture--United States--History--20th century.

City planning--United States--History--20th century.

City planning.

United States--Social conditions--1945-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the Second World War, American architecture was in a state of crisis. The rationing of building materials and restrictions on nonmilitary construction continued the privations that the profession had endured during the Great Depression. At the same time, the dramatic events of the 1930's and 1940's led many architects to believe that their profession-and society itself-would undergo a profound shift once the war ended, with private commissions giving way to centrally planned projects. The magazine Architectural Forum coined the term "194X" to encapsulate this wartime vision of postwar

Contents:

Introduction: planning the postwar architect

The culture of planning: the rhetoric and imagery of home front anticipation

Old cities, new frontiers: mature economy theory and the language of renewal

Advertising nothing, anticipating nowhere: architects and consumer culture

The end of planning: the building boom and the invention of normalcy

Afterword

Appendix: wartime advertising campaigns.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-244) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6807-8

OCLC:

670429695