LEADER 03173nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910818144003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-6807-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000052465 035 $a(EBL)592807 035 $a(OCoLC)670429695 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000410608 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11309568 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000410608 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10350230 035 $a(PQKB)10689856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC592807 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38778 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL592807 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10421844 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522984 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000052465 100 $a20081016d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a194X $earchitecture, planning, and consumer culture on the American home front /$fAndrew M. Shanken 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 1 $aArchitecture, landscape, and American culture series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-5366-6 311 $a0-8166-5365-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-244) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aDuring the Second World War, American architecture was in a state of crisis. The rationing of building materials and restrictions on nonmilitary construction continued the privations that the profession had endured during the Great Depression. At the same time, the dramatic events of the 1930's and 1940's led many architects to believe that their profession-and society itself-would undergo a profound shift once the war ended, with private commissions giving way to centrally planned projects. The magazine Architectural Forum coined the term "194X" to encapsulate this wartime vision of postwar 410 0$aArchitecture, landscape, and American culture series. 606 $aArchitecture and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aArchitecture$zUnited States$xPlanning 606 $aArchitecture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCity planning$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945- 615 0$aArchitecture and society$xHistory 615 0$aArchitecture$xPlanning. 615 0$aArchitecture$xHistory 615 0$aCity planning$xHistory 676 $a307.1/216097309045 700 $aShanken$b Andrew Michael$f1968-$01610636 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818144003321 996 $a194X$93938465 997 $aUNINA