Making the Modern: Industry, Art, and Design in America by Terry Smith - 1993

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University Of Chicago Press, 1993-06-01. Hardcover. Good.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.

pb. Good+. All pages and cover are intact. Possible minor highlighting and marginalia. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. First printing. Very Good +/very good. Black and blue cloth boards in dust jacket, previous owners signatture on the half title page, 512pp.

University Of Chicago Press, 1993-06-01. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 9x6x1. Blue paper covered boards with black cloth spine and blue spine titles; jacket is in Brodart like cover; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; illustrations in black and white; 512 pages.

University of Chicago Press, 1993. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears on edge worn dust jacket. 512 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations.

Chicago, Il: University of Chicago Press, 1993. Hardcover. VG/VG (minor scuffs along textblock, dust jacket shows minimal shelf wear at corners and spine). Blue paper boards, black spine with metallic blue lettering, white pictorial dust jacket with blue lettering, xv, 512 pp., bw illustrations throughout. "In this ambitious book, Terry Smith chronicles the modernist revolution in American art and design - from its origins in the new industrial culture of the twentieth century to its powerful and transforming effects on the way Americans came to see themselves and their world. From Ford Motor's first assembly line in 1913 to the New York World's Fair in 1939, Smith traces the distinctive visual imagery that evolved as the core of American modernity in the first half of the twentieth century. Illustrated with an extraordinary variety of photographs, many previously unpublished, Making the Modern focuses on the key images of modernity - industry, and workers, cities and crowds, and products and… Read More

University Of Chicago Press, 1993-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!