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An edition of Half a truth is better than none
(1982)
Half a truth is better than none
some unsystematic conjectures about art, disorder, and American experience
by John Atlee Kouwenhoven
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This edition was published in 1982 by University of Chicago Press in Chicago.
Written in English
— 248 pages
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Half a truth is better than none: some unsystematic conjectures about art, disorder, and American experience
1982, University of Chicago Press
in English
0226451550 9780226451558
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Half a truth is better than none
First published in 1982
Subjects
Popular culture, Kultur, Aufsatzsammlung, Culture populaire, ZivilisationPlaces
United States, États-Unis, USAHalf a truth is better than none
some unsystematic conjectures about art, disorder, and American experience
This edition was published in 1982 by University of Chicago Press in Chicago.
Table of Contents
| A preliminary note on the lay of the land | ||
| American culture: words or things? | ||
| The trouble with translation | ||
| Urban dispair and the cities' hope | ||
| Architecture as environmental technology | ||
| Democracy, machines, and vernacular design | ||
| The Eiffel tower and the Ferris wheel | ||
| Who's afraid of the machine in the garden?: a footnote to the unwritten history of America's response to technology | ||
| Living in a snapshot world | ||
| Photographs as historical documents | ||
| Design and chaos: the American distrust of art. |
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Errata slip inserted.
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