{"product_id":"shopping-mall-matthew-newton-9781501314827","title":"Shopping Mall","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mall near Mat thew Newton's childhood home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was one of the state's first enclosed shopping malls. Like all malls in their heyday, this one was a climate-controlled pleasuredome where strangers converged. It boasted waterfalls, fish ponds, an indoor ice skating rink larger than Rockefeller Center's, and a monolithic clock tower illuminated year-round beneath a canopy of interconnected skylights. It also became the backdrop for filmmaker George A. Romero's zombie opus \u003ci\u003eDawn of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir and part case study, \u003ci\u003eShopping Mall\u003c\/i\u003e examines the modern mythology of the mall and shows that, more than a collection of stores, it is a place of curiosity, ritual, and fantasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Newton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501314823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501314827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.80w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2017","brand":"Matthew Newton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989930639615,"sku":"9781501314827","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e21083d5-7af0-45f9-a5b1-7e04296a1f2c.jpg?v=1683302137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shopping-mall-matthew-newton-9781501314827","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}