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Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 2010. 224 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In the midst of the Great Depression, America's World's Fairs of the 1930s gave hope to millions, sustaining the assembled with visions of future progress. These grand expositions in Chicago, San Diego, Dallas, Cleveland, New York, and San Francisco showcased an optimistic, consumerist future society and symbolized the Modernist message of progress through design. Designing Tomorrow celebrates the influence and impact of these international expositions. Offering an overview of the fairs and detailed discussions of individual works, distinguished authors examine how designers reconciled radical "European" Modern style with American tradition. Works by Edward H. Bennet, Gilbert Rohde, George Keck, Richard Neutra, and others illuminate the ways in which Modernism became an integral component of the vocabulary of American design. Additional essays highlight the visual power of these expositions, featuring rare artifacts and photographs of objects including models and plans for "the houses and cities of tomorrow, " streamlined trains, modern furnishings, and the first televisions. EB; 8 X 0.75 X 10 inches; 224 pages.…

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 6.00x0.66x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 316 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2026. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 336 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Human beings have always migrated. To be on the move, searching for a more hospitable climate, greater resources, and a welcoming community, is part of our human DNA. All kinds of large, uncontrollable forceswar, the threat of genocide, climatic changes, political exile, and economic hardshippropel people to leave behind everything familiar and begin their lives over again in a strange place, sometimes with only the clothes on their backs.The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees offers thirty-one essays by immigrants and refugees who now call Lincoln, Nebraska, home. These individuals have found support, belonging, and opportunity through the collaborative work of Lincoln's New Americans Task Force members and the Lincoln/Lancaster County Welcoming and Belonging Strategic Plan. The stories in this book are brilliant, harrowing, poetic, and revelatory. They're also stories of survival, resilience, creativity, and a staggering amount of work: learning a new language, navigating a challenging immigration system, being perceived as a foreigner, struggling to grasp strange new customs and traditions, working one's way out of extreme poverty, working through trauma and grief. Those of us who have had the good fortune of not being displaced have much to learn by listening. …

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.