{"product_id":"wall-to-wall-america-karal-ann-marling-9780816636730","title":"Wall to Wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revealing cultural history of this American art form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her intriguing and heavily illustrated look at post office murals of the 1930s, Karal Ann Marling examines these unique government-sponsored works of art not only as paintings but as part of American cultural history. Depicting scenes from the farm, the frontier, and the factories, these murals were commissioned by the Treasury Department during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Placed in the building where everyone in town had reason to stop, the thousand-odd paintings discussed here were truly intended to hold appeal for everyone. This spirited and often irreverent discussion offers a close look at the murals and what they represented to small-town America during the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karal Ann Marling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816636737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816636730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.76d","brand":"Karal Ann Marling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48871625654527,"sku":"9780816636730","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wall-to-wall-america-karal-ann-marling-9780816636730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}