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The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical : scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture / Mauro F. Guillén.
Series: [Princeton studies in cultural sociology]Publication details: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, c2006.Description: xii, 186 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0691115206 :
- The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical : scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture
- NA682.M63 G85 2006
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.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | NA 682 .M63 G85 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 693721 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-178) and index.
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.
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