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...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Sachs, Avigail (Συγγραφέας)
Μορφή: Licensed eBooks
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έκδοση: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Σειρά:Midcentury (Charlottesville, Va.)
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3487303
Περιγραφή
Περίληψη:"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"--
Φυσική περιγραφή:1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Βιβλιογραφία:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813948966
0813948967
9780813948911
9780813948959