How the World Was Won by Peter Conrad
Peter Conrad draws on his brilliant repertoire of cultural skills to assess, surprise, invigorate and delight us with his kaleidoscopic presentation of the movies and music, jeans and sneakers, food and refrigerators, novels and paintings that have shaped so much of the world in our lifetimes.
'Conrad is stunningly well-informed, compulsively allusive and equipped with the kind of imagination that transforms the base metal of history into pure gold' - Observer
'Marvellous … sparkling with arresting vignettes - a testament to forensic research' - Independent
'Conrad unrolls the 20th century like a giant canvas and takes us on a provocative, enjoyable romp through its quarrels, rivalries and vanities … an absorbing and highly accessible book … an affectionate, comprehensive survey of the art and popular culture of a century' - The Irish Times
'Very fine … vastly detailed and immensely subtle' - The Glasgow Herald
'A magisterial story, never before told in such an intelligent and, essentially, sympathetic manner' - Prospect
'Marvellous … sparkling with arresting vignettes - a testament to forensic research' - Independent
'Conrad unrolls the 20th century like a giant canvas and takes us on a provocative, enjoyable romp through its quarrels, rivalries and vanities … an absorbing and highly accessible book … an affectionate, comprehensive survey of the art and popular culture of a century' - The Irish Times
'Very fine … vastly detailed and immensely subtle' - The Glasgow Herald
'A magisterial story, never before told in such an intelligent and, essentially, sympathetic manner' - Prospect
Peter Conrad taught English literature at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1973 to 2011. He has written more than twenty books, including How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere; Creation: Artists, Gods & Origins; At Home in Australia; and Modern Times, Modern Places: Life and Art in the Twentieth Century, all published by Thames & Hudson.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500252086 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500252084 |
| Title | How the World Was Won |
| Author | Peter Conrad |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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