288 pages, indexed, annotated, bibliography. The pages are tanned, the title page and dedication page are creased at the head's outer edge, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. A Pelican Book. "The author discusses the cultural explosion which has occurred in the since the mid 1940s. He disputes critics who claim that no change has occurred, that the change has been merely quantitative and does not reflect a genuine interest or appreciation for art, or that the increase in consumption signals a decline in art quality. He examines quantitative changes in the amount of culture consumption, the new culture consumers, the new leadership demonstrating anti-elite objectives, the juxtapositions of art with business and universities, the artists, their patrons, including the federal government, and finally, aesthetic issues." (American for the Arts)