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Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century
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Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century

Author: Robert Hugh Kargon; Arthur P Molella
Publisher: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series: Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Hugh Kargon; Arthur P Molella
ISBN: 9780262113205 0262113201
OCLC Number: 182056654
Description: viii, 190 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents: 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.
Series Title: Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.
Responsibility: Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
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Tracing the design of "techno-cities" that blend the technological and the pastoral.  Read more...

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