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Author Kargon, Robert H. (Robert Hugh)

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description viii, 190 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Series Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation
Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-186) and index.
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.
Subject Cities and towns -- Effect of technological innovations on.
Cities and towns -- Effect of technological innovations on.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Telecommunication -- Social aspects.
Telecommunication -- Social aspects.
Social history -- 20th century.
Social history.
Chronological Term 20th century
Added Author Molella, Arthur P., 1944-
ISBN 9780262113205 hardback alkaline paper
0262113201 hardback alkaline paper