Eugenic Design: Streamlining America in the 1930s

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Book Title: Eugenic Design: Streamlining America In The 1930S

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

Publication Name: Eugenic Design : Streamlining America in the 1930s

Language: English

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Subject: History & Criticism, United States / 20th Century, Discrimination & Race Relations, Industrial Design / General, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, American / General, Mechanics / Aerodynamics, United States / General

Publication Year: 2010

Item Height: 0.8 in

Item Weight: 18.7 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 8.9 in

Subject Area: Design, Art, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, History

Author: Christina Cogdell

Item Width: 6.3 in

Format: Trade Paperback