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Into the Void Pacific: Building the 1939 San Francisco World´s Fair
Andrew Shanken
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Description for Into the Void Pacific: Building the 1939 San Francisco World´s Fair
Hardback. Explores how buildings supported the cultural and political work of the fair and fashioned a second, parallel world in a moment of economic depression and international turmoil. This book looks closely at buildings as buildings, analyzing them in light of local circumstances, regionalist sensibilities, and national and international movements. Num Pages: 248 pages, 45 color illus., B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; AMG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 890.
Published on the occasion of the expo's 75th anniversary, Into the Void Pacific is the first architectural history of the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair. While fairs of the 1930's turned to the future as a foil to the Great Depression, the Golden Gate International Exposition conjured up geographical conceits to explore the nature of the city's place in what organizers called "Pacific Civilization." Andrew Shanken adopts D.H. Lawrence's suggestive description of California as a way of thinking about the architecture of the Golden Gate International Exposition, using the phrase void Pacific" to suggest the isolation and novelty of California ... Read more
Published on the occasion of the expo's 75th anniversary, Into the Void Pacific is the first architectural history of the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair. While fairs of the 1930's turned to the future as a foil to the Great Depression, the Golden Gate International Exposition conjured up geographical conceits to explore the nature of the city's place in what organizers called "Pacific Civilization." Andrew Shanken adopts D.H. Lawrence's suggestive description of California as a way of thinking about the architecture of the Golden Gate International Exposition, using the phrase void Pacific" to suggest the isolation and novelty of California ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520282827
SKU
V9780520282827
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About Andrew Shanken
Andrew Shanken is Associate Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley. His first book 194X, is a cultural history of American architecture, planning, and consumer culture in this formative and strained moment for the architectural profession. He also publishes widely on architecture and memory.
Reviews for Into the Void Pacific: Building the 1939 San Francisco World´s Fair
"Into the Void Pacific is rich with drawings, photographs, and passages from documents and correspondence by the fair's designers, visitors, and critics that document this fantasy-abetting architectural enterprise. Shanken re-creates the look and experience of the fair as it was at the time-which is helpful, since almost none of its buildings are standing today." BOOM: A Journal of California "This ... Read more