Invented Edens [electronic resource] : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
Series: Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovationPublication details: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.Description: viii, 190 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780262113205 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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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-citt�a : 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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