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    This unparalleled and wide-ranging book surveys the history of applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial contexts in which this relationship has developed.In this extensively revised and expanded third edition, David Raizman addresses ... Read more

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  • Expanding Nationalisms at World's Fairs

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    Series series Routledge Research in Art History
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  • Reading Graphic Design History

    Image, Text, and Context

    Reading Graphic Design History uses a series of key artifacts from the history of print culture in light of their specific historical contexts. It encourages the reader to look carefully and critically at print advertising, illustration, posters, magazine art direction and typography, often addressing issues of class, race and gender.David Raizman's innovative approach intentionally challenges the ... Read more

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