The Garden in the Machine : Planning and Democracy in the Tennessee Valley Authority /

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"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sachs, Avigail (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Regional planning > Social aspects.
Architecture > Human factors.
ARCHITECTURE / Landscape
Architecture > Human factors > Tennessee River Valley.
Landscape design > Social aspects > Tennessee River Valley.
Regional planning > Social aspects > Tennessee River Valley.
United States > Tennessee River Valley.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (300 pages).
ISBN:9780813948966

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