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The man who designed the future : Norman Bel Geddes and the invention of twentieth-century America / B. Alexandra Szerlip.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NK1412.G43 S94 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Szerlip, Barbara, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958.
- Geddes, Norman Bel.
- Designers--United States--Biography.
- Designers.
- Design--United States--History--20th century.
- Design.
- New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.).
- New York World's Fair.
- Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York.
- Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- World's fairs.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn : Melville House, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Norman Bel Geddes designed everything from Broadway sets to Chrysler cars; from the first all-weather stadium to Futurama, the prescient 1939 World's Fair exhibit that would go down as the most popular of all time. In The Man Who Designed the Future, B. Alexandra Szerlip tells the astonishing story of a 9th grade dropout with a Midwestern twang who presided over a seismic shift in American culture--a moment in which entertainment became immersive, people became consumers, and the country came to look theway it does today"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version:
- Szerlip, Barbara, author. Man who designed the future
- ISBN:
- 9781612195629 : HRD
- 1612195628 : HRD
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