The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social ...
Written by leading social and art historians, this book examines how political, industrial and cultural leaders have used design. With photographs of fascinating and often unfamiliar objects, it shows how design has been a vital tool to acclimatizing people to life in the modern world.
