New Providence: A Changing Cityscape - Softcover

Von Tscharner, Renata

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0891331913 ISBN 13: 9780891331919

Publisher: Preservation Pr, 1992

Synopsis

Text and illustrations trace the evolution of an imaginary but typical American city from the turn of the century to the 1980's.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4 Up A thoughtful and imaginative visualization of the 80-year (1910 to present) evolution of a composite small American city center (around the square in front of the town hall). Using structures discovered in photographs of such disparate places as Cambridge, Mass.; Fresno, Calif.; Salem, Ohio; and Winooski, Vt., the authors have created New Providence and let readers see it through their perceptive eyes. Using key dates (1910, 1935, 1955, 1970, 1980, and 1987), they show how economic conditions, fads, and technological adaptations change the look and life patterns of this typical town. All details (vehicles, clothes, trees, suburbs, billboards, etc.) are accounted for and help make readers more fully understand the changes in the buildings and streets. Seasonal changes also add visual texture to the double-page long verticals that alternate with two pages of very simple text which call children's attention to some special features in the panoramas and more generally explain what forces helped create change. Each cityscape view is crammed with information (just following the changing store signs can take many minutes of flipping back and forth). By studying these pictures, readers will be able to experience the evolution from and return to a coherent visual environment that respects the stylish craftsmanship of its 19th-Century origins. Kenneth Marantz, Art Education Department, Ohio State University, Columbus
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Preservation Pr
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0891331913
• ISBN 13: 9780891331919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32