Janet Borgerson, Jonathan Schroeder

Designed for Success

Better Living and Self-Improvement with Midcentury Instructional Records

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book presents a visually compelling collection of vintage instructional records from the golden age of album cover design and discusses how these records helped people learn everything from skiing to French to a healthy sex life"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 204mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1094g
• ISBN-13: 9780262048835
• ISBN-10: 0262048833
• Artikelnr.: 68991050

Autorenporträt

Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Achieving the Good Life with Midcentury Records 1
Part I: At Work 31
1 Becoming a Better Worker: Efficiency, Productivity, and Career Training
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2 Paths to Persuasion: Selling and Salesmanship 59
3 Making Money, Management, and Motivation 69
Part II: At Home 83
4 Fitness and Beauty 89
5 Sustenance: Eating and Drinking 111
6 Family Fidelity: The Harmonious Marriage and Well-Adjusted Children 125
7 Mind Altering: Expanding Your Mind for Greater Success 151
Part III: At Leisure 169
8 Leisure and Sport 173
9 Joining In: Play an Instrument! Learn to Dance! 199
10 Let's Learn a Language 221
11 Learning to Listen: Music Appreciation 233
Part IV: On Vinyl and Cultural History
12 A History of Instructional Recordings 251
13 Conclusion: Midcentury Records and the Creation of Modern America 261
Acknowledgments 267
Notes 269
Bibliography 289
Illustration Credits 303
Index of Records 305
Index 309