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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

by Alexandra Lange

Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they have loomed large as temples of commerce, the agora of the suburbs. In their prime, they proved a powerful draw for creative thinkers such as Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury, and George Romero, who understood the mall’s appeal as both critics and consumers. Yet toda

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Publication date

Jun 14, 2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

368

ISBN

9781635576023