The Book of Tiki

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-11-01
Publisher(s): Taschen America Llc
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Summary

South Sea Dreams around the cocktail bar - on the trail of the forgotten Tiki cult of the Fifties. One of the most bizarre chapters of American Pop Culture awaits rediscovery.

Table of Contents

A Guide for the Urban Archeologist
10(6)
In the Beginning...
16(4)
Tiki---Who Was He?
20(4)
Primitive Art in Civilized Places
24(6)
Pre-Tiki and the Birth of Polynesian Pop
30(8)
Tiki: Recreational Lifestyle of a Generation
38(16)
Erecting a Tiki Temple
54(14)
Don the Beachcomber---Founding Father of Polynesian Pop
68(12)
Trader VIC---The Ambassador of Good Taste
80(16)
Stephen Crane---The Man who Loved Women
96(10)
Danny Balsz---The Prodigal Son
106(8)
Kon-Tiki, Aku Aku and Thor
114(8)
James Michener and Bali Hai
122(6)
Other Celebrated Tiki Temples
128(20)
Menus---L'Art Tiki
148(10)
Mixologists & Concoctions
158(16)
Jeff Berry
Hunters & Collectors
174(14)
And the Gods were Amused
188(12)
Hotel, Motel
200(10)
Unequaled in Bachelor Living
210(20)
Backyard Polynesia
230(6)
Surfin' Tiki
236(6)
The Artists
242(12)
German Translation 254(18)
French Translation 272

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