Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.

Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century /

Tracing the design of "techno-cities" that blend the technological and the pastoral. Industrialization created cities of Dickensian squalor that were crowded, smoky, dirty, and disease-ridden. By the beginning of the twentieth century, urban visionaries were looking for ways to improve bot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kargon, Robert H. (Robert Hugh)
Other Authors: Molella, Arthur P., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series:Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Effect of technological innovations on.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Telecommunication > Social aspects.
Social history > 20th century.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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.

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