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" Quonset hut : "
Julie Decker and Chris Chiei, editors
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BL
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Record Number
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645263
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Doc. No
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Title & Author
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Quonset hut : : metal living for a modern age /\ Julie Decker and Chris Chiei, editors
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Edition Statement
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First edition
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Page. NO
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xvii, 165 pages :: illustrations (some color), map ;; 22 cm
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ISBN
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1568985193 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9781568985190 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Notes
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"The Anchorage Museum of History and Art in association with the Anchorage Museum Association and the Alaska Design Forum."
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-155) and index
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Contents
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The hut that shaped a nation / Julie Decker and Chris Chiei -- How the hut came to be / Chris Chiei -- Quonsets, Alaska, and World War II / Steven Haycox -- War, design, and weapons of mass construction / Brian Carter -- After the war : Quonset huts and their integration into daily American life / Tom Vanderbilt -- The huts that wouldn't go away : Alaska adopts the hut / Chris Chiei -- Quonsets today : concluding thoughts / Julie Decker and Chris Chiei
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Abstract
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An unexpected architectural phenomenon-something like a halved tin can turned on its side-swept across the American landscape after World War II: the Quonset hut. Originally designed during the war for use as makeshift housing for soldiers and their families around the world, the seemingly ubiquitous Quonset hut housed a rapidly expanding nation in the 1940s and 1950s both at work and at play. From recording studios-a Quonset was responsible for the birth of the "Nashville sound"-to the 1948 congressional campaign headquarters of Gerald Ford, to an endless variety of incarnations including bars, movie theaters, classrooms, supermarkets, restaurants, and houses of worship, the Quonset hut was the shape of a nation in need of affordable, easy-to-build shelter
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Subject
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Quonset huts
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Buildings, Prefabricated
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Architectural metal-work
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Temporary housing
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Subject
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Dwellings-- Alaska-- History-- 20th century
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Dewey Classification
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720/.48
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LC Classification
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NA8480.Q66 2005
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Decker, Julie
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Chiei, Chris
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Anchorage Museum of History and Art
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Anchorage Museum Association
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Alaska Design Forum
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