Classic Modern : Midcentury Modern at Home by Deborah K. Dietsch (2000,...

Description: About this productSynopsisThe Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898-1934 offers a sweeping panorama of America's tropical empire in the age spanned by the two Roosevelts and a detailed narrative of U.S. military intervention in the Caribbean and Mexico. In this new edition, Professor Langley provides an updated introduction, placing the scholarship in current historical context. From the perspective of the Americans involved, the empire carved out by the banana warriors was a domain of bickering Latin American politicians, warring tropical countries, and lawless societies that the American military had been dispatched to police and tutor. Beginning with the Cuban experience, Langley examines the motives and consequences of two military occupations and the impact of those interventions on a professedly antimilitaristic American government and on its colonial agents in the Caribbean, the American military. The result of the Cuban experience, Langley argues, was reinforcement of the view that the American people did not readily accept prolonged military occupation of Caribbean countries. In Nicaragua and Mexico, from 1909 to 1915, where economic and diplomatic pressures failed to bring the results desired in Washington, the American military became the political arbiters; in Hispaniola, bluejackets and marines took on the task of civilizing the tropics. In the late 1920s, with an imperial force largely of marines, the American military waged its last banana war in Nicaragua against a guerrilla leader named Augusto C. Sandino. Langley not only narrates the history of America's tropical empire, but fleshes out the personalities of this imperial era, including Leonard Wood and Fred Funston, U.S. Army, who left their mark on Cuba and Vera Cruz; William F. Fullam and William Banks Caperton, U.S. Navy, who carried out their missions imbued with old-school beliefs about their role as policemen in disorderly places; Smedley Butler and L.W.T. Waller, Sr., U.S.M.C., who left the most lasting imprint of AProduct IdentifiersISBN-100684867443ISBN-139780684867441eBay Product ID (ePID)1746050Key DetailsAuthorDeborah K. DietschNumber Of Pages208 pagesFormatHardcoverPublication Date2000-10-25LanguageEnglishPublisherSimon & SchusterPublication Year2000Additional DetailsCopyright Date2000IllustratedYesDimensionsWeight44.4 OzHeight0.8 In.Width9.3 In.Length11.4 In.Target AudienceGroupTradeClassification MethodLCCN00-037051LC Classification NumberNA712.5.M63D54 2000Dewey Decimal728/.37/097309045Dewey Edition21Table Of ContentContents the essence of modern model houses, modern dreams Prosperity after World War II unleashed a new way of looking at the home in the United States and Europe. Open spaces and lightweight furnishings gained popularity as symbols of newfound optimism and energy. With the birth of the suburbs, the midcentury modern style spread from custom-built houses to ordinary homes. the midcentury look Starting with the outside of a house and moving to its furnishings and finishes, even down to the dinner-table settings, designers of the 1940s and 1950s worked to create a seamless look that melded together the indoors and the outdoors. flowing spaces, casual living transparent barriers malleable materials, mass produced furniture of many uses textures nubby and plain cheering colors and bold patterns curvaceous organic shapes sculptural accessories midcentury modern at home From the earliest classics that crew out of European modernism to the successors that revolutionized mainstream living, two dozen home and design collections epitomized the spirited midcentury look. modern to the core: classic houses The modern movement's European leaders brought their ideas to America, where new influences awaited. Their houses reflect the streamlined elegance that inspired a younger generation to embrace modernism and push it in new directions. throwing a curve Albert Frey * Palm Springs, California * 1946 machine in the garden Richard Neutra * Palm Springs, California * 1946 less is more Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe * Plano, Illinois * 1951 bauhaus, american style Marcel Mreuer * Croton-on-Hudson, New York * 1953 modern monticello Eero Saarinen * Columbus Indiana * 1957 urban sanctuary Jose Luis Sert * Cambridge Massachusetts * 1958 time-honored values Jens Risom interiors * New Canaan, Connecticut, and Block Island, Rhode Island * 1950s and 1967 mainstream modern: affordable style Modernism was disseminated into mainstream America through affordable houses filled with mass-produced furniture. Architect-designed homes and speculative suburban developments from the 1940s and 1950s illustrate the freedom and invention that revolutionized postwar living. missionary living Case-study houses nos. 9, 16, and 22 by Charles Eames and Eer Saarinen, Craig Ellwood, and Pierre Koenig * Los Angeles * 1945-59 symphony in steel Charles and Ray Eames * Pacific Palisades, California * 1949 suburban frontier Eugene Sternberg and Joseph Dion * Englewood, Colorado * 1949-57 into the woods Charles Goodman * Alexandria, Virginia * 1949-60s umbrella in the sun Paul Rudolph * Sarasota, Florida * 1953 western pioneers Jones and Emmons * San Mateo, California * 1956 passion for plastic Ralph Wilson Sr. and Bonnie McIninish * Temple, Texas * 1959 back to the future: living with midcentury modern Midcentury modernism is back, as collectors rediscover the simple allure of postwar plywood and plastic from America and wood and glass from Europe. Housed in period settings as well as in unexpected environments, these collections testify to the enduring value of midcentury deisgn. the art of reduction Clarence Mayhew * Oakland, California * 1960 minimalist temple Richard Neutra * San Diego, California * 1960 calming effect Richard Neutra * Glendale, California * 1961 industrial evolution John Lawrence * New Orleans, Louisiana * 1958 beginner's luck Julian Berla and Joseph Abe * Washington, D. C. * 1941 modernist summit Shelton, Midel and Associates * New York City * 1997 city deco, country classic Heiner M. Kromer * Southampton, New York * 1982 nordic harmony Philip Truchaud * Washington, D. C. * 1955 midcentury maverick Mark McDonald interior * New York City * 1992 modern necessities catalogue resources midcentury designers further reading index

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