America in the 1950s: the world was not so much a stage as a setpiece for TV, the new national phenomenon. It was a time when how things looked--and how we looked--mattered, a decade of design that comes to vibrant life in As Seen on TV. From the painting-by-numbers fad to the public fascination wit..
It is a story that has gone down in the annals of American art history: a New Yorker visiting upstate Hoosick Falls is entranced by four pictures hanging in the window of a drugstore. Investigating further, he learns they are the handiwork of a 78-year-old widow. Thus begins the rise to fame of Gran..
William Marling's provocative work analyzes in specific terms the impacts of American technology and culture on foreign societies. Marling answers his own question how "American" is globalization with two seemingly contradictory answers: "less than you think" and "more than you know." Deconstructin..
Book by Marling, William Author: Marling, William Publisher: Twayne Pub Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0805774726 ISBN-13: 9780805774726..
Book by Marling, Karal Ann Author: Marling, Karal Ann Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0816636737 ISBN-13: 9780816636730..