{"product_id":"shopping-mall-9781501314827","title":"Shopping Mall","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Newton\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Editor at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work has been published by the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's CityLab, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50416455287058,"sku":"9781501314827","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8bd15df3-68a6-47cb-a028-2af44d66b14c.jpg?v=1729421580","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shopping-mall-9781501314827","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}