This insightful book is the first to present a comprehensive survey of the Modernist movement as it emerged in America between 1920 and 1960 in various graphic media. It identifies and examines great works in advertising, information design, identity, magazine design, print, dimensional design, and posters that by mid-century had defined American g... continued
Houghton County: 1870-1920 (MI) (Images of America)
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“Go West, young man . . .” When Horace Greeley made his famous statement in the pages of Harper’s Weekly, he was not referring to the goldfields of the late-1840s California, he was speaking of Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula. In the mid- to late 1840s, Michigan’s copper resources were rediscovered by... continued
Flappers and the New American Woman: Perceptions of Women from
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Flappers and the New American Woman: Perceptions of Women from 1918 Through the 1920s (Images and Issues of Women in the Twentieth Century) ... continued
The Most Segregated City in America”: City Planning and Civil
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“But for Birmingham,” Fred Shuttleworth recalled President John F. Kennedy saying in June 1963 when he invited black leaders to meet with him, “we would not be here today.” Birmingham is well known for its civil rights history, particularly for the violent white-on-black ... continued
Heroes & Ballyhoo: How the Golden Age of the 1920s Transformed
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A handful of star athletes, along with their promoters and journalists, created America’s sports entertainment industry during the 1920s, the Golden Age of American sports. The period had an extraordinary impact, profoundly changing individual sports, establishing the secular religion of sports and sports heroes, and helping bond disparate social... continued
Cultivating California: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor,
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In Cultivating California, David Vaught shows how fruit and nut growers were neither industrialists nor agrarians. From the very outset, he explains, these “horticulturists” saw themselves as guardians of California’s unique culture–raising crops for market while self-consciously building healthy and prosperous communities. Eve... continued