03209nam 2200661 a 450 991045948190332120200520144314.00-8166-6807-8(CKB)2670000000052465(EBL)592807(OCoLC)670429695(SSID)ssj0000410608(PQKBManifestationID)11309568(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000410608(PQKBWorkID)10350230(PQKB)10689856(MiAaPQ)EBC592807(MdBmJHUP)muse38778(Au-PeEL)EBL592807(CaPaEBR)ebr10421844(CaONFJC)MIL522984(EXLCZ)99267000000005246520081016d2009 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccr194X[electronic resource] architecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front /Andrew M. ShankenMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20091 online resource (279 p.)Architecture, landscape, and American culture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-5366-6 0-8166-5365-8 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.During the Second World War, American architecture was in a state of crisis. The rationing of building materials and restrictions on nonmilitary construction continued the privations that the profession had endured during the Great Depression. At the same time, the dramatic events of the 1930's and 1940's led many architects to believe that their profession-and society itself-would undergo a profound shift once the war ended, with private commissions giving way to centrally planned projects. The magazine Architectural Forum coined the term "194X" to encapsulate this wartime vision of postwarArchitecture, landscape, and American culture series.Architecture and societyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryArchitectureUnited StatesPlanningArchitectureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCity planningUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions1945-Electronic books.Architecture and societyHistoryArchitecturePlanning.ArchitectureHistoryCity planningHistory307.1/216097309045Shanken Andrew Michael1968-935304MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459481903321194X2106494UNINA