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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light wear to boards. Internally clean. Binding tight. 256pp The variety and aesthetic harmony of the bakelite radios featured in Radio Days is a window on the commercial and cultural changes in Australia over the 1930s, 40s and 50s. These include the exponential adoption of radio into the community as the radio in each household went from being a novelty to a necessity. As well, better technology and methods of mass production lead to a change from the use of organics (e.g. wood) to the use of synthetic plastics (e.g. bakelite), which heralded a transition from the artisan to the assembly line with new and evolved domestic products in the modern machine-age Art Deco style. The modern table-top bakelite radio reflected the rise of modern consumerism with advertising and marketing targeting all members of the family but particularly the lady of the house. Radio Days adds a new chapter to the history of Australian industrial design and also highlights the development of Art Deco styling in Australia. Signed by Author(s). Book.

2. ed., Lex.8°, XII, 100 S., OBrosch., Ebd. schwach berieben, sonst guter Zustand. Sprache: Englisch.