Toledo Designs for a Modern America

This exhibition catalogue examines industrial design in Toledo, Ohio, as a paradigm for understanding a profound shift within the corporate and social structure of the U.S.--from manufacturing based solely on engineering to industrial production involving design and marketing--and illuminates our understanding of 20th-century America. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name.

Organized by Davira S. Taragin; with essays by Dennis P. Doordan, Neil Harris, Victoria K. Matranga, Julie A. McMaster, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Timothy Messer-Kruse, William Porter, and Davira S. Taragin ©2002. Co-distributed by Hudson Hills Press, Inc., New York, NY.

Paperback, 236 pages, printed on low-acid permanent paper, 9" x 12", 163 color and 54 b/w illustrations.