Invented Edens [electronic resource] : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
Kargon, Robert H. (Robert Hugh); Molella, Arthur P., 1944-
2008
HT166 .K357 2008eb
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Title Invented Edens [electronic resource] : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
Author Kargon, Robert H. (Robert Hugh)
ISBN 9780262276733 (electronic bk.)
9780262113205
Imprint Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 190 p.) : ill., maps
Call Number HT166 .K357 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.7609/04
Summary Techno-cities are planned cities that were developed in conjunction with large industrial or technological enterprises, blending the technological and the pastoral, the mill town and the garden city. This book looks at several examples, including Norris, Tennessee, Torviscosa, Italy, and Disney's Celebration, Florida.
Note Description based on print version record.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-186) and index.
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Added Author Molella, Arthur P., 1944-
Series Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.
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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 after
Utopia revived : from industrial modernism to community
The city of disciplines : utopia denied, utopia restored
Techno-nostalgia and the new urbanism
Conclusion: The fate of the industrial Eden.

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