Dawn of a New Day: The New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
by Harrison, Helen A
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- Paperback
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- Good (Wraps are moderately shelf and edgeworn, smudged and scuffed, but fully intact; interior is clean but toned at the edges;
- ISBN 10
- 0960451412
- ISBN 13
- 9780960451418
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About This Item
Flushing, New York: Queens Museum, 1980. Paperback. Good (Wraps are moderately shelf and edgeworn, smudged and scuffed, but fully intact; interior is clean but toned at the edges; binding is solid.). Black wraps with photo-illustration and white lettering; xi, 123 pp.; richly illustrated. 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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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 194843
- Title
- Dawn of a New Day: The New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
- Author
- Harrison, Helen A
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (Wraps are moderately shelf and edgeworn, smudged and scuffed, but fully intact; interior is clean but toned at the edges;
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0960451412
- ISBN 13
- 9780960451418
- Publisher
- Queens Museum
- Place of Publication
- Flushing, New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- History ; New York World's Fair ; ;
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- History;
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