The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical : scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture
Title:
The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical : scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture
Author:
Guillen, Mauro F.
ISBN:
9780691115207
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2006.
Physical Description:
xii, 186 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
Princeton studies in cultural sociology
Series Title:
Princeton studies in cultural sociology
General Note:
Series from jacket.
Contents:
Preface -- Organization, modernism, and architecture -- The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical -- What caused modernist architecture? -- Industrialization, technology, and the state: Britain, France, Germany -- Backwardness and revolution: Italy, Russia, Spain -- Modernism without modernity: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina -- Sponsorship, professionalization, and modernist architecture -- The enduring promise of modernist architecture -- Appendix: leading architects.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip061/2005029498.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005029498-d.html
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