The tyranny of taste : politics of architecture and design 1550-1960 /
Jules Lubbock.
- London : Yale University Press, 1995.
- xv, 413 p. : ill.(some col.) ; 27 cm. + hbk.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-395) and index.
Part I: The consumer society -- Part II: The stable society -- Part III: The luxury debate -- Part IV: Style and Economics -- Part V: Good design -- Part VI: Good Modern Design -- Part VII: Conclusion Plato's Conundrum.
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Design--Political aspects--Great Britain. Design--Economic aspects--Great Britain. Aesthetics, British. Art and society--Great Britain. Architecture--Great Britain. City planning--Great Britain.