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Populuxe: The Look and Life of America in the '50s & '60s, from Tailfins and TV Dinners to Barbie Dolls and Fallout Shelters
Populuxe The Look and Life of America in the '50s '60s from Tailfins and TV Dinners to Barbie Dolls and Fallout Shelters
Author: Thomas Hine
The decade from 1954 to 1964 was one of America's great shopping sprees. Never before were there so many people able to acquire so many things, and never before was there such a choice. Thomas Hine calls it Populuxe--populism and popularity and luxury, plus a totally unnecessary "e" to give it a little class; the word itself is as ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394545936
ISBN-10: 0394545931
Publication Date: 10/12/1986
Pages: 184
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
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