 | 194X: Architecture, Planning, and Consumer Culture on the American Home Front Subjects: Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Architecture -- United States -- Planning; Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Social c; In a major study of American architecture during World War II, Andrew M. Shanken focuses on the culture of anticipation that arose in this period, as out-of-work architects turned their energies from the built to the unbuilt, redefining themselves as planners and creating original designs to excite the public about postwar architecture. Shanken recasts the wartime era as a crucible for the intermingling of modernist architecture. Andrew M. Shanken is assistant professor of architectural history at the University of California, Berkeley. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Art Bulletin, Design Issues, Landscape, Places and Planning Perspectives. |
