Beauty and the book
fine editions and cultural distinction in America
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Author
Publication
2000 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
80,750 words, Guess
Page Count
323 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL43720M
- ISBN-100300082134
- OCLC Control Number41662612
- OCLC Control Numberbeautybookfineed00bent
- Library of Congress Control Number99038198
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- Goodreads1389555
- LibraryThing1325360
Classifications
- DDC070.5/73
- LCCZ479 .B475 2000
Description
"In post-World War I America - a world teeming with magazines, newspapers, radio broadcasts, and movies - many feared that the survival of traditional, serious books was in peril. This concern led to a publishing boom in fine editions - books valued primarily for their beauty, craftsmanship, extravagance, status, or scarcity. Beauty and the Book is a lively cultural history of the explosion in demand for these deluxe books during the 1920s and 1930s. Megan L. Benton argues that the clamor to own fine books reflected the anxieties and desires of those who mourned the rise of a modern mass culture. For them, such volumes not only affirmed a preindustrial ideal but also imparted social distinction and cultural superiority."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity
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