Description: Populuxe: The Look and Life of America in the '50s and '60s, from Tailfins and TV Dinners, to Barbie dolls and Fallout Sheltersby Thomas Hine Published 1987 "Populuxe" - populism, popularity and luxury is the word coined by the author to express the atmosphere of American society during the decade 1954-1964.The book examines the new luxury products created at this time and the lifestyle they represent, so giving a tour of this era when the United States had a booming economy and was virtually unchallenged as a world power.It discusses the new world of mass suburbia where there was always a hope of being able to move up the ladder to something better and looks at the many new things there were to buy such as electric lawn mowers, washing machines, a charcoal grill and televisions. This was the push-button age when the flick of a finger promised the end of domestic drudgery and was also described as the Jet Age when cars sprout ed tail-fins. Book is in VERY GOOD condition! Please see all photos. Sold as-is and shipped from the United States. As with all STUF! purchases, we want you to be happy because a happy customer is a return customer! Please let us know if there's anything we can do to make your shopping experience happier!
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Book Title: Populuxe
Author: Thomas Hine
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: History & Criticism, Industrial Design / General, Popular Culture
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1987
Genre: Design, Technology & Engineering, Non-Classifiable, Social Science
Item Weight: 25.6 Oz
