Handbook to Life in America

Handbook to Life in America
Author: Rodney P. Carlisle
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1438126999

Changing International affairs and the forces of technological innovation shaped the lives of Americans in the last decades of the 20th century. While the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union gave rise to hopes of peaceful international relations, the Gulf War and the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center in New York shattered these aspirations. In the social sphere, cell phones, CDs, and the Internet completely transformed the ways by which people communicated and conveyed information. The election of an African-American man to the presidency marked the successful continuation of the struggle for equal civil rights, bolstering America's reputation as a radically changing place in this contemporary period.

Antiques Roadshow Collectibles

Antiques Roadshow Collectibles
Author: Carol Prisant
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 660
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780761128229

Offers tips on identifying, collecting, and caring for furniture, photographs, posters and illustration art, costume jewelry and wristwatches, dolls, toys, advertising and sports memorabilia, and glass and pottery.

19 Century America

19 Century America
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1970
Genre: Decorative arts
ISBN: 0870990047

This book illustrates and discusses 300 prime objects displayed in the 1970 exhibition of American decorative arts displayed during the Centennial exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1970. Presented as a series of lavish room settings and galleries, the exhibit included pieces in the 19th century’s principal styles of furniture and decorative arts--Federal, Empire, Gothic, rococo, Renaissance, art nouveau, and reform. Objects featured in this book include various pieces of furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and metalwork from the Museum’s American wing.

The Great Depression and World War II

The Great Depression and World War II
Author: Rodney P. Carlisle
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009
Genre: Depressions
ISBN: 1438126980

Changing International affairs and the forces of technological innovation shaped the lives of Americans in the last decades of the 20th century. While the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union gave rise to hopes of peaceful international relations, the Gulf War and the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center in New York shattered these aspirations. In the social sphere, cell phones, CDs, and the Internet completely transformed the ways by which people communicated and conveyed information. The election of an African-American man to the presidency marked the successful continuation of the struggle for equal civil rights, bolstering America's reputation as a radically changing place in this contemporary period.

American Furniture 1998

American Furniture 1998
Author: Luke Beckerdite
Publisher: American Furniture Annual
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1998-11
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780874518924

An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts.

Warman's Antique and Collectibles Price Guide

Warman's Antique and Collectibles Price Guide
Author: Ellen Schroy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 644
Release: 1998
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780873415996

Considered the definitive general price guide to antiques and collectibles, this book contains more than 500 collecting categories with tens of thousands of updated price listings and hundreds of photos of the most popular antiques and collectibles.

The Official Rinker Price Guide to Collectibles

The Official Rinker Price Guide to Collectibles
Author: Harry L. Rinker
Publisher: House of Collectibles
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2000-10-10
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780676601596

This fourth edition of the Harry L. Rinker Official Price Guide to Collectibles has more coverage of collectibles than any other book on the market. Here you'll find furniture, decorative accessories, and giftware along with the traditional character and personality items, ceramic, glass, and toys. Each category includes a brief history, collecting tips, reference books, periodicals, collector clubs, and vital information on reproductions. It's a complete document of the 20th-century American lifestyle.

American Furniture 1997

American Furniture 1997
Author: Luke Beckerdite
Publisher:
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1997
Genre: A Region of Regions: Cultural Diversity and the Furniture Trade in the Early South
ISBN:

The articles in this volume were presented at "A Region of Regions: Cultural Diversity and the Furniture Trade in the Early South" -- a symposium co-sponsored by the Chipstone Foundation and the Williamsburg Institute in November 1997.

Warman's Americana & Collectibles

Warman's Americana & Collectibles
Author: Ellen T. Schroy
Publisher: Warman's
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2001-10
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780873419765

"More than 25,000 updated prices, 240 popular categories, collectibles from 1930s to today, expert collecting advice, histories, references"--Cover

Warman's Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide

Warman's Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide
Author: Ellen Tischbein Schroy
Publisher: Wallace-Homestead Book Company
Total Pages: 658
Release: 2002-04
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780873419758

America's longest-running antiques price guide is updated to include up-to-date pricing, more photos, and expanded coverage with more than 500,000 listings, as well as the addition of new tables, educational notes, and comparisons. 1,500+ photos. 8-page color insert.