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Art Deco was the style that swept across the globe during the 1920s and 1930s and created the defining look of the interwar years. Its influence was ubiquitous- it touched the design of everything from jazz music to cinemas and Hollywood films to the packaging of cigarettes, from eveningwear and accessories to luxury liners and locomotives.<br> This lavish book brings together nearly 40 leading experts in the field to discuss the phenomenon that was Art Deco - its sources, its varied forms of expression, and the way it refined and redefined itself as it spread throughout the world. With breathtaking illustrations and a text both thought-provoking and scholarly, it will stand as the definitive book on what was, arguably, the most popular style of the twentieth century.