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by Shanken, Andrew Michael,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Architecture, landscape, and American culture series Published by : University of Minnesota Press, (Minneapolis :) Physical details: x, 254 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).
Subject(s): Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | Architecture -- United States -- Planning. | Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- | Electronic books.
Year: 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-244) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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