Kargon, Robert Hugh.
Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella. - Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008. - viii, 190 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation . - Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-186) and index.
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.
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.
9780262113205 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0262113201 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2007045982
Cities and towns--Effect of technological innovations on.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Telecommunication--Social aspects.
Social history--20th century.
HT166 / .K357 2008
307.7609/04
Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella. - Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008. - viii, 190 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation . - Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-186) and index.
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.
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.
9780262113205 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0262113201 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2007045982
Cities and towns--Effect of technological innovations on.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Telecommunication--Social aspects.
Social history--20th century.
HT166 / .K357 2008
307.7609/04