Invented Edens: Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century

by Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella

Tracing the design of "techno-cities" that blend the technological and the pastoral. Industrialization created cities of Dickensian squalor that were crowded, smoky, dirty, and disease-ridden. By the beginning of the twentieth century, urban visionaries were looking for ways to improve both living and working conditions in industrial cities. In Invented Edens , Robert Kargon and Arthur Molella trace the arc of one form of urban design, which they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262113201
• ISBN13: 9780262113205
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher