Dawn of a new day
the New York World's Fair, 1939/40
by Helen A. Harrison
Flushing, New York: Queens Museum, 1980. Paperback. Black wraps with photo-illustration and white lettering; xi, 123 pp.; richly illustrated. Good (Wraps are moderately shelf and edge worn, smudged and scuffed, but fully intact; interior is clean but toned at the edges; binding is solid.). Contents: Introduction -- The world of tomorrow : science, culture, and community at the New York World's Fair -- The people's fair : cultural contradictions of a consumer society -- The design of reason : architecture and planning at the 1939/40 New York World's Fair -- The fair perceived : color and light as elements in design and planning -- The usable future : the role of fantasy in the promotion of a consumer society for art.
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Dawn of a new day: The New York World's Fair, 1939/40
1980, New York University Press
Unknown Binding
in English
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Dawn of a New Day: The New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
October 1, 1980, New York University Press
Hardcover
in English
0814734073 9780814734070
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Dawn of a New Day: The New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
October 1, 1980, New York University Press
Paperback
in English
0814734081 9780814734087
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Dawn of a new day: the New York World's Fair, 1939/40
1980, Queens Museum, New York University Press, Brand: New York University Press
in English
0960451404 9780960451401
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Dawn of a new day : the New York World's Fair, 1939/40
Publish date unknown, Queens Museum
Unknown Binding
- New York University Press
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