Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
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Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
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N307.7609/15
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English
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viii, 190 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Introduction: The arc of utopias -- Neotechnics in the garden : the marriage of country and town -- Planning for national regeneration : techno-cities in the interwar years -- Techno-città : technology and urban design in fascist Italy -- The techno-city goes to war : America in World War II and af...
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Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
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Massachusetts
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c2008.
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"Industrialization created cities of Dickensian squalor that were crowded, smoky, dirty, and disease-ridden. By the beginning of the twentieth century, urban visionaries were looking for ways to improve living and working conditions in industrial cities. In Invented Edens, Robert Kargon and Arthur Molella trace the arc of one form of urban design,...
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Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
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Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.
Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-186) and index.
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c2008.
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N307.7609/15
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9780262113205 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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307.760904
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991001807859702626
