The garden in the machine : planning and democracy in the Tennessee Valley Authority /

"The book examines how regional planners, landscape architects, and architects working for the Tennessee Valley Authority advocated and designed for humane environments, in which people could interact with each other and with nature. The TVA project can be seen as a microcosm of how American ar...

Fuld beskrivelse

Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Sachs, Avigail (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Serier:Midcentury (Charlottesville, Va.)
Online adgang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3487303
Beskrivelse
Summary:"The book examines how regional planners, landscape architects, and architects working for the Tennessee Valley Authority advocated and designed for humane environments, in which people could interact with each other and with nature. The TVA project can be seen as a microcosm of how American architecture and landscape were transformed in the context of the Great Depression and World War II"--
Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813948966
0813948967
9780813948911
9780813948959