Contents -- Preface -- 1 THE ROOTS OF STUDIO CRAFT -- The Industrial Revolution -- Craft and Work -- The Origin of Arts and Crafts -- The Aesthetic Movement -- English Arts and Crafts -- World's Fairs -- The Cincinnati Wood-Carving Movement -- Art in Textiles -- China Painting and Art Pottery -- Louise McLaughlin, Studio Potter -- Stained Glass and Art Glass -- In Short -- 2 1900-1909: HANDWORK AND INDUSTRIALIZATION -- Setting the Scene -- Reform and the Crafts -- Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters -- Gustav Stickley -- Wood: Reform and Commerce Together -- Pottery for All Purposes -- Studio Potters -- Jewelry: Beginnings -- Metalsmithing -- Textiles: Revivals, Inventions, and Borrowings -- Objectifying Glass -- Arts and Crafts Societies -- Arts and Crafts Communities -- Craft Education -- In Short -- 3 1910-1919: UPHEAVALS -- Setbacks -- Revivals -- The Armory Show -- Ceramics Interrupted -- Wood: The End of the Craftsman Style -- Jewelry and Metals: Regional Differences -- Textiles -- Craft Institutions -- Occupational Therapy -- In Short -- 4 1920-1929: BOOM TIME IN A CONSUMERIST SOCIETY -- New Styles and Habits -- Craft Institutions -- Southwest Indian Arts -- Wood: Reactionaries and Progressives -- Jewelry and Metals: Traditionalists and Modernists -- Textiles in Transition -- Ceramics: Tiles and Figurines -- Crafts in the Southern Highlands -- In Short -- 5 1930-1939: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN VERSUS HANDCRAFT -- Changes in Life and Craft -- Craft Institutions -- Education -- MOMA and Craft -- Ceramics in School -- Modern Textiles -- Wood: The Modern Moment -- Metals: Silver Tarnishes -- Glass Goes Several Ways -- In Short -- 6 1940-1949: NEW OPPORTUNITIES -- Losing and Gaining -- Education -- Craft Institutions -- Jewelry and Enameling: Artists Rewrite the Script -- Wood: The Era of the Designer-Craftsman -- Ceramics Flourishes -- Glass.

Textile Arguments -- In Short -- 7 1950-1959: THE SECOND REVIVAL OF CRAFTS -- Paradigm Shifts -- Craft Embraces Academia -- MOMA and Good Design -- Ceramics: Import-Export -- Textiles: Ready for Change -- Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling: Toward an American Voice -- Wood: Influences and Inventions -- A Little Glass -- In Short -- 8 1960-1969: YOUTH CULTURE, COUNTERCULTURE, MULTICULTURE -- Ringing Changes -- Textiles Go Large -- Jewelry and Metals: Looking Elsewhere -- A New World of Glass -- Wood: Furniture as Design, Expression, and Concept -- Ceramics: Sorting Out Options -- Craft Institutions -- In Short -- 9 1970-1979: ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONALS -- An Explosion of Crafts -- Ceramics Down and Up -- Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling: Pluralism Takes Over -- Textiles in Depth -- Glass Goes Mainstream -- Wood: Actions and Reactions -- Craft Institutions -- In Short -- 10 1980-1989: MONEY AND IMAGES -- Business and Baroque -- Wood: Classicism and Postmodern Play -- Clay Variations -- Glass -- Textiles and the New Basketry -- Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling: Declarations of Independence -- Craft Institutions -- In Short -- 11 1990-1999: MASTERY AS MEANING -- Got It Made -- Craft Institutions -- Glass Ascendant -- Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling: A Spectrum of Possibilities -- Textiles to Fiber -- Wood: All Options Open -- Ceramics: Individuals and Themes -- In Short -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.