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Dawn of a new day

the New York World's Fair, 1939/40

By Helen A. Harrison

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Publish Date

1980

Publisher

Queens Museum,New York University Press,Brand: New York University Press

Language

eng

Pages

123

Description:

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.