The factory in a garden : a history of corporate landscapes from the industrial to the digital age /
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Author / Creator: | Chance, Helena, 1957- author. |
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Imprint: | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017. ©2017 |
Description: | xiii, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in design & material culture Studies in design and material culture. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11027741 |
Table of Contents:
- Lists of plates and figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. 'The pleasant manufactory'
- 2. From model factory to modern factory
- 3. 'The Factory in a Garden'/'The Garden in a Factory'
- 4. 'Happy healthy workers are the world's best': factory landscapes, leisure and the model employee
- 5. Designing the company Arcadia
- 6. 'The Most Beautiful Factory in the World': the power of the garden image
- 7. Factory gardens and parks: profits or perks?
- 8. From factory gardens to 'connected gardens'
- Select gazetteer: company gardens and parks, c. 1750-c. 1960 and offices and office parks with significant landscaping, 1970-2015
- Bibliography
- Index