Introduction, Part One: Migration and the Making of North American Art Deco1 The Legacy of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in the Formation of North American Deco: Academic and Social Tenets and their interpretations 2 The Cormier Residence in Relief 3 European Immigrant Designers and North American Art Deco 4 Art Deco at Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress International Exposition Part Two Art Deco and Public Culture 5 Revisiting Art Deco in the UK 6 Art Deco and Sound Cinema 7 Art Deco and the Fashioning of Radio Spaces 8 Art Deco Medicine Part Three: Fusing Art and Fashion 9 Haute Couture and the Art Deco Exhibition of 1925: A Turning Point 10 Fashion and a DIY culture of textiles during the Art Deco Period 11 On the Scent of Art Deco: Designing Perfumes Part Four: The Politics of Art Deco 12 Art Deco and Empire: The Residential Architecture of Ballardie, Thompson and Matthews 13 Art Deco, modernity and the politics of ornament in South African architecture, 1930-1940 14 Powerful Dragons and Radiant Suns: Art Deco and Japanese Militarism 15 Art Deco and the Other Part Five: History, Conservation, and Reincarnation 16 Conserving "Modest" Moderne Housing: 1930s Apartment Buildings in Canada 17 The Evolution and Role of Art Deco Societies and World Congresses in the Preservation and Popularization of Art Deco 18 Art Deco and Cinema - Yesterday and Today 19 From Poirot to Bioshock : Art Deco in the age of mediatization.