Invented Edens: Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century
(Part of the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation Series)
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Tracing the design of "techno-cities" that blend the technological and the pastoral. 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 both living and working conditions in industrial cities. In Invented Edens , Robert Kargon and Arthur Molella trace the arc of one form of urban design, which they...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262113201
ISBN13:9780262113205
Release Date:January 2008
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:190 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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