The Rational Factory
Subtitle: Architecture, Technology and Work in America's Age of Mass Production (Studies in Industry and Society)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780801872457
Subjects: Economic history; History of engineering & technology; Impact of science & technology on society; Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies; Industry & Industrial Studies; History: American; History; Business / Economics / Finance; USA; Facility Management; Industrial Technology; United States - 19th Century; Science / History
First sentence: FACTORY BUILDINGS OF THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENtieth centuries stand in the American landscape as symbols of industry, projecting powerful images of the enterprises they once housed.