{"product_id":"winners-and-losers-how-the-end-of-world-war-ii-spawned-two-very-different-visions-of-the-future-of-a","title":"Winners and Losers: How the End of World War II Spawned Two Very Different Visions of the Future of Architecture, Cities, and Civic Life","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWinners and Losers \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSubtitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e How the End of World War II Spawned Two Very Different Visions of the Future of Architecture, Cities, and Civic Life\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSubject Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBuilt Environment, Society and Culture, History\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBIC Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003eAM, HB, JF \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBISAC Classification: \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eARC005080, ARC001000, HIS037080\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Hardback, eBook\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlanned publication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Nov 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (Hardback):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-83711-697-3 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (eBook):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-83711-698-0 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ee-books available for libraries from \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProquest\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEBSCO\u003c\/strong\u003e\n \n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith non-institutional availability from \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\nGooglePlay\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor larger orders, or orders where you require an invoice, contact us  \u003cspan id=\"cloak8074a48c555b85c31ec4347354a45e96\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\nadmin@ethicspress.com\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki over 80 years ago led to the surrender of Japan and, shortly thereafter, the end of World War II, and ushered in the Atomic Age. The response to these apocalyptic events, unsurprisingly, gave rise to diametrically opposed reactions between the “losers,” Japan in particular, and the “winners,” specifically the United States. This book examines the origins of and historical contexts for the advent of Japanese Metabolism and Googie architecture, respectively, and explores how each “movement” impacted their contemporary contexts, the evolution of the works of their most-ardent advocates and adherents, and the future of cities and the blossoming post-World War II suburbs in the US.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn post-WWII Japan, architects, designers, urban planners, philosophers, and science fiction writers coalesced around Japanese Metabolism at the World’s Exposition Osaka, 1970, ten years after the publication in 1960 of the Metabolist Manifesto in 1960 by a handful of Japanese architects. At its most-exuberant, Futurism—an offshoot of the Modern Movement in contemporary architecture—was expressed through “Googie architecture,” first introduced and popularized in the greater Los Angeles area but soon thereafter filtering out to the rest of America, as the entire country fully embraced the ascendance and ultimate dominance of the personal automobile.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis book traces and analyses the historical evolution of Japan and the United States, leading up to and through World War II, addressing the emergence of each “movement” and how they impacted the architecture, urban planning, and cultural evolution in and of each country and their respective impacts on contemporary life. It will conclude by considering the fate of oppressed and defeated peoples and how they might imagine, envision, and implement a new future.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiography\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor(s):\u003c\/span\u003e \n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeter Smirniotopoulos is a Graduate Professor of Real Estate Development and Finance, and Urbanism.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis title is currently being reviewed. 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