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A Roller-Coaster Ride through the Eye-Popping Panorama of American Pop Culture
Universe
November 2007
On Sale: November 6, 2007
350 pages
ISBN: 0789315734
EAN: 9780789315731
Hardcover
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What is America? It’s Monopoly and Mickey Mouse, but also
Sinatra and Fred Astaire. It’s the Declaration of
Independence, but it’s also Barbie and Playboy, Winslow
Homer and Rudi Gernreich’s topless bathing suit. This
juxtaposition of images reflects America’s unique
eclecticism, and the unprecedented influence that the images
of America’s pop culture have had on the world. This book
works as a great treasury of Americana, and as a
mischievously enjoyable observation on all things truly
American. Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and famous adman
George Lois have crafted an enlightening book, searching
American history to find over 350 people, symbols, and
things of import. Their iconic and iconoclastic choices are
entertainingly presented through surprising visual
juxtapositions. Inspired by Tommy Hilfiger’s passion for
Americana and George Lois’ wit, Iconic America dramatizes
the national ethos, and makes us think about who we are and
what we stand for, with humor and charm
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