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Book Interior Desecrations

Download or read book Interior Desecrations written by James Lileks and published by Crown. This book was released on 2004 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lileks delivers a jaw-dropping retrospective of the worst of the worst rec rooms, dens, bedrooms, and other interior spaces of homes in the years when shag rugs ruled. Everything here is straight out of the pages of 1970s interior design magazines, books, and other supposed arbiters of style and taste.176 pp.

Book Taste

    Book Details:
  • Author : Drew Plunkett
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2020-03-19
  • ISBN : 1000033651
  • Pages : 403 pages

Download or read book Taste written by Drew Plunkett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democratic in intention and approach, the book will argue that the home interior, as independently created by the ‘amateur’ householder, offers a continuous informal critique of shifting architectural styles (most notably with the advent of Modernism) and the design mainstream. Indeed, it will suggest that the popular increasingly exerts an influence on the professional. Underpinned by academic rigour, but not in thrall to it, above all this book is an engaging attempt to identify the cultural drivers of aesthetic change in the home, extrapolating the wider influence of ‘taste’ to a broad audience – both professional and ‘trade’. In so doing, it will explore enthralling territory – money, class, power and influence. Illustrated with contemporary drawings and cartoons as well as photos, the book will not only be an absorbing read, but an enticing and attractive object in itself.

Book Archi Pop

    Book Details:
  • Author : D. Medina Lasansky
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2014-10-23
  • ISBN : 1472526694
  • Pages : 249 pages

Download or read book Archi Pop written by D. Medina Lasansky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have architecture and design been represented in popular culture? How do these fictional reflections feed back into and influence 'the real world'? Archi.Pop: Architecture and Design in Popular Culture offers the first contemporary critical overview of this diverse and intriguing relationship in cultural forms including television, cinema, iconic buildings and everyday interiors, music and magazines. Bringing the study of architecture and culture firmly to the contemporary world, Archi.Pop offers a unique critical investigation into how this dynamic relationship has shaped the way we live and the way we interact with the constructed world around us.

Book Building Fires in the Snow

Download or read book Building Fires in the Snow written by Martha Amore and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity has always been central to Alaska identity, as the state’s population consists of people with many different backgrounds, viewpoints, and life experiences. This book opens a window into these diverse lives, gathering stories and poems about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer life into a brilliant, path-breaking anthology. In these pages we see the panoply of LGBTQ life in Alaska today, from the quotidian urban adventures of a family—shopping, going out, working—to intimate encounters with Alaska’s breathtaking natural beauty. At a time of great change and major strides in LGBTQ civil rights, Building Fires in the Snow shows us an Alaska that shatters stereotypes and reveals a side of Alaska that’s been little seen until now.

Book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through American History

Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through American History written by Olivia Graf and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2008-03-30 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the homes of the first European settlers to the North American colonies, and concluding with the latest trends in construction and design of houses and apartments in the United States, Homes through American History is a four-volume set intended for a general audience. From tenements to McMansions, from wattle-and-daub construction in early New England to sustainable materials for green housing, these books provide a rich historical tour through housing in the United States. Divided into 10 historical periods, the series explores a variety of home types and issues within a social, historical, and political context. For use in history, social studies, and literature classes, Homes through American History identifies ; A brief historical overview of the era, in order provide context to the discussion of homes and dwellings. ; Styles of domestic architecture around the country. ; Building material and manufacturing. ; Home layout and design. ; Furniture and decoration. ; Landscaping and outbuildings.

Book Congressional Record

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1960
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1368 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 1368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Seventies in America

Download or read book The Seventies in America written by John C. Super and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents volume two of a three-volume encyclopedia that describes the events, movements, trends, people, sports, science, music, politics, and more of the 1970s listed in alphabetical order.

Book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States

Download or read book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."

Book Annual Report  International Religious Freedom

Download or read book Annual Report International Religious Freedom written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rain Taxi Review of Books

Download or read book Rain Taxi Review of Books written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Gallery of Regrettable Food

Download or read book The Gallery of Regrettable Food written by James Lileks and published by Crown. This book was released on 2001 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipes and food photography from the 1940s, '50s, and '60s assembled with humorous commentary.

Book Before the Holocaust

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hermann Beck
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2022-08-25
  • ISBN : 0192865072
  • Pages : 571 pages

Download or read book Before the Holocaust written by Hermann Beck and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Nazis staged their takeover in 1933, instances of antisemitic violence began to soar. While previous historical research assumed that this violence happened much later, Hermann Beck counteracts this, drawing on sources from twenty German archives, and focussing on this early violence, and on the reaction of German institutions and the elites who led them. Before the Holocaust examines the antisemitic violence experienced in this period - from boycotts, violent attacks, robbery, extortion, abductions, and humiliating 'pillory marches', to grievous bodily harm and murder - which has hitherto not been adequately recognized. Beck then analyses the reactions of those institutions that still had the capacity to protest against Nazi attacks and legislative measures - the Protestant Church, the Catholic Church, the bureaucracies, and Hitler's conservative coalition partner, the DNVP - and the mindset of the elites who led them, to determine their various responses to flagrant antisemitic abuses. Individual protests against violent attacks, the April boycott, and Nazi legislative measures were already hazardous in March and April 1933, but established institutions in the German State and society were still able to voice their concerns and raise objections. By doing so, they might have stopped or at least postponed a radicalization that eventually led to the pogrom of 1938 (Kristallnacht) and the Holocaust.

Book Congressional Record

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1978
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1336 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Book The 70s House

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Heathcote
  • Publisher : Academy Press
  • Release : 2006-01-16
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book The 70s House written by David Heathcote and published by Academy Press. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once described as the decade that style forgot, the 1970s has gained a renewed kudos and magnetism in the new millennium. The latest in the 'Interior Angles' series, 'The 70s House' represents a new, exciting treatment of 70s interior design in line with popular culture.

Book Seventiestyle

Download or read book Seventiestyle written by David Heathcote and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a guide to all aspects of decoration and design in the 1970s home. It shows the choices available to consumers during this period. It includes sections on bathrooms and kitchens, fixtures and fittings, furniture, wallpapers and paints, carpets, cushions and upholstery, lighting and much more.

Book Better Homes and Gardens Creative Decorating on a Budget

Download or read book Better Homes and Gardens Creative Decorating on a Budget written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: