Populuxe

Populuxe

by ThomasHine (Author)

Synopsis

"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 sprouted tail-fins.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 29 Nov 1990

ISBN 10: 0747508240
ISBN 13: 9780747508243