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The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical : scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture
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Title
The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical : scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture / Mauro F. Guillén.
ISBN
0691115206 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2006.
Physical Description
xii, 186 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Series from jacket.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-178) and index.
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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