Invented Edens techno-cities of the twentieth century /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kargon, Robert Hugh
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Molella, Arthur P., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
Series:Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.
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Table of 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.