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02993aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 BA876DDC68B111E9997FFC0F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 180611t20192018nyua g b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781501199585 020 $a 1501199587 035 $a (OCoLC)1039359360 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d TOH $d ZQP $d TNH $d GL4 $d OCP $d ILC $d VP@ $d OCLCF $d IOU $d SILO 050 14 $a NK8470 $b .G37 2019 100 1 $a Garfield, Simon, $e author. 245 10 $a In miniature : $b how small things illuminate the world / $c Simon Garfield. 246 30 $a How small things illuminate the world 250 $a First Atria Books hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Atria Books, $c 2019. 300 $a xi, 323 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 19 cm 500 $a Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Canongate Books Limited.--Title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index. 505 00 $g Epilogue: $t This year's model. $g 1. The $t view from above -- $t Mini-break: 3000 BCE: Egypt's coffins. $g 2. $t Miniature villages and cities, some happier than others -- $t Mini-break, 1789: England's slave ships. $g 3. $t Portrait of a marriage -- Mini-break: 1851: Hamburg's talented fleas. $g 4. The $t Miniature Book Society's exciting annual convention -- $t Mini-break, 1911: England's playrooms. $g 5. The $t domestic ideal -- $t Mini-break, 1967: San Francisco's greatest hits. $g 6. The $t biggest model railway in the world -- $t Mini-break, 1992: Jerusalem's Temples. $g 7. The $t future was a beautiful place -- $t Mini-break, 1998: Las Vegas welcomes the world. $g 8. The $t perfect hobby -- $t Mini-break, 2016: London's artists. $g 9. Theater of dreams -- $t Mini-break, 2017: Germany's tiny chairs. $g 10. Our miniature selves. $g Epilogue: $t This year's model. 520 $a "Tiny Eiffel Towers. Platoons of brave toy soldiers. A doll's house created for a Queen. Miniature crime scenes meant to catch killers. Model villages and railways. And much much more. Bringing together history, psychology, art and obsession, Simon Garfield explores what fuels the strong appeal of miniature objects among collectors, modelers, and everyday people. The toys we enjoy as children invest us with a rare power at a young age, bestowing a taste of adult-sized authority. For some, the desire to play with small things becomes a desire to make small things. Controlling a tiny, scaled-down world can give us new perspectives and restore our sense of order in uncertain times. IN MINIATURE takes a big look at small things and teaches us to find greatness in the diminuative." -- dust jacket. 650 0 $a Miniature objects $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Models and modelmaking. 941 $a 4 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417014927.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529015200.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20190514013549.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190430010744.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BA876DDC68B111E9997FFC0F97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search