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Making Bringing Modernism Home a great read is Boram-Hays' ability to bring the history of Ohio into play...Boram-Hays' contribution is greatly appreciated...Gives readers a greater understanding about some of the Ohio A well-written and beautifully illustrated book that brings to life the rich artistic heritage of twentieth-century Ohio... Bringing Modernism Home is an important contribution to decorative arts scholarship. It places Ohio on the map as a national competitor in the production of twentieth-century high-style functional objects. --Winterthur Portfolio Boram-Hays, an art-history lecturer at Ohio State University, skillfully shows how the decorative arts...were produced by a unique combination of need and openness to artful experimentation...Bringing Modernism Home is touted as an art-history book. I found it to be more than that. It was a peek into the economics--and the humanity--behind art. --Susan Condon Love, The Plain Dealer This book certainly is a welcome addition to the literature on American decorative arts, and should be in the collection of all art libraries in the Ohio Valley region. --Chris Hatten, Collage

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Carol Boram-Hays is a lecturer at Ohio State University, where she received her doctorate in art history.

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