Invented Edens
Subtitle: techno-cities of the twentieth century
By: Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
Contributors: Molella, Arthur P., 1944-
Series: Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780262113205
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Effect of technological innovations on; Information technology -- Social aspects; Telecommunication -- Social aspects; Social history -- 20th century
Description: Techno-cities are planned cities that were developed in conjunction with large industrial or technological enterprises, blending the technological and the pastoral, the mill town and the garden city. This book looks at several examples, including Norris, Tennessee, Torviscosa, Italy, and Disney's Celebration, Florida.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The arc of utopias; title: Neotechnics in the garden : the marriage of country and town; title: Planning for national regeneration : techno-cities in the interwar years; title: Techno-città : technology and urban design in fascist Italy; title: The techno-city goes to war : America in World War II and after; title: Utopia revived : from industrial modernism to community; title: The city of disciplines : utopia denied, utopia restored; title: Techno-nostalgia and the new urbanism; title: Conclusion: The fate of the industrial Eden.