{"product_id":"9781501314827","title":"Shopping Mall","description":"Author: Newton, Matthew\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501314827\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 07 Sep 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003cbr\u003eThe mall near Mat thew Newton's childhood home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was one of the state's first enclosed shopping malls. Like all malls in their heyday, this one was a climate-controlled pleasuredome where strangers converged. It boasted waterfalls, fish ponds, an indoor ice skating rink larger than Rockefeller Center's, and a monolithic clock tower illuminated year-round beneath a canopy of interconnected skylights. It also became the backdrop for filmmaker George A. Romero's zombie opus \u003ci\u003eDawn of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003ePart memoir and part case study, \u003ci\u003eShopping Mall\u003c\/i\u003e examines the modern mythology of the mall and shows that, more than a collection of stores, it is a place of curiosity, ritual, and fantasy.\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46619404664990,"sku":"UBD-9781501314827","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781501314827.jpg?v=1773898576","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781501314827","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}