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Dictator style : lifestyles of the world's most colorful despots / Peter York ; foreword by Douglas Coupland.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2005.Description: xii, 119 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0811853144
  • 9780811853149
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 920.009/04
LOC classification:
  • JC 495 Y63d 2005
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Contents:
Foreword: Tree forts and love shacks, by Douglas Coupland -- Introduction -- Get the look -- Porfirio Díaz -- Vladimir Lenin -- Joseph Stalin -- Benito Mussolini -- Adolf Hitler -- Josip Broz Tito -- Francisco Franco -- Juan Perón -- Nicolae Ceausescu -- Joseph-Désiré Mobutu -- Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos -- Idi Amin -- Jean-Bédel Bokassa -- Saddam Hussein -- Manuel Noriega -- Slobodan Milosevic -- Brief lives -- Picture captions and credits -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: "Running with the idea that our homes are where we are truly ourselves, Dictator Style examines the frightening interior decorating tastes of some of history's most alarming despots--and proves that absolute power corrupts absolutely, right down to the drapes"--P. [4] of cover.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JC 495 Y63d 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000071883

Foreword: Tree forts and love shacks, by Douglas Coupland -- Introduction -- Get the look -- Porfirio Díaz -- Vladimir Lenin -- Joseph Stalin -- Benito Mussolini -- Adolf Hitler -- Josip Broz Tito -- Francisco Franco -- Juan Perón -- Nicolae Ceausescu -- Joseph-Désiré Mobutu -- Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos -- Idi Amin -- Jean-Bédel Bokassa -- Saddam Hussein -- Manuel Noriega -- Slobodan Milosevic -- Brief lives -- Picture captions and credits -- Acknowledgments.

"Running with the idea that our homes are where we are truly ourselves, Dictator Style examines the frightening interior decorating tastes of some of history's most alarming despots--and proves that absolute power corrupts absolutely, right down to the drapes"--P. [4] of cover.

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