{"product_id":"shaping-the-american-interior-paula-lupkin-9781138697690","title":"Shaping the American Interior: Structures, Contexts and Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing together 12 original essays, \u003cem\u003eShaping the American Interior\u003c\/em\u003e maps out, for the first time, the development and definition of the field of interiors in the United States in the period from 1870 until 1960. Its interdisciplinary approach encompasses a broad range of people, contexts, and practices, revealing the design of the interior as a collaborative modern enterprise comprising art, design, manufacture, commerce, and identity construction. Rooted in the expansion of mass production and consumption in the last years of the nineteenth century, new and diverse structures came to define the field and provide formal and informal contexts for design work. Intertwined with, but distinct from, architecture and merchandising, interiors encompassed a diffuse range of individuals, institutions, and organizations engaged in the definition of identity, the development of expertise, and the promotion of consumption. This volume investigates the fluid pre-history of the American profession of interior design, charting attempts to commoditize taste, shape modern conceptions of gender and professionalism, define expertise and authority through principles and standards, marry art with industry and commerce, and shape mass culture in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula Lupkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138697699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138697690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019","brand":"Paula Lupkin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113284251903,"sku":"9781138697690","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b8e1d26-dd67-457a-986c-fab44c6abe2c.jpg?v=1769614081","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shaping-the-american-interior-paula-lupkin-9781138697690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}