Midcentury

For those of us who grew up in those years, the Midcentury Moment seemed the norm in American experience.

The Surprising Roots of Liberal Nostalgia Michael Barone 2011

Big business has been subject to enormous change to the point that the Fortune 500, fairly stable during the Midcentury Moment, has seen new firms enter and old ones disappear at record rates.

The Surprising Roots of Liberal Nostalgia Michael Barone 2011

"Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design" redefines crafts in terms of the social, cultural and artistic revolutions of the mid-20th century.

Coming In From the Cold Ada Louise Huxtable 2011

As Mr. Levison and other liberals recognize, most Americans don't accept Keynesian economics and don't favor expansion of government as they did during the Midcentury Moment.

The Surprising Roots of Liberal Nostalgia Michael Barone 2011

Midcentury modernism combined the urge to redefine crafts as a modern art form while emphasizing their traditional value as complement and counterpoint to modernism's reductionist aesthetic.

Coming In From the Cold Ada Louise Huxtable 2011

Since the "Midcentury Moment" we have become laid back, wired-up and interconnected, all at once.

Equality and Conformity Are Really the Whole Point 2011

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In the Mood for Kitchens With Character Rita Konig 2011

Private Collection "Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design" "Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design" features furniture, ceramics, jewelry, painting and more from over 160 artists and designers.

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Since the "Midcentury Moment" we have become laid back, wired-up and interconnected, all at once.

Equality and Conformity Are Really the Whole Point 2011

But there is a more fundamental contradiction here, for the Midcentury Moment's confidence in big institutions was inextricably connected with an acceptance of a cultural uniformity that almost all of today's liberals, and probably most non-liberals, would find unacceptable.

The Surprising Roots of Liberal Nostalgia Michael Barone 2011