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The garden in the machine : planning and democracy in the Tennessee Valley Authority / Avigail Sachs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sachs, Avigail, author.
- Series:
- Midcentury
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tennessee Valley Authority.
- Regional planning.
- Architecture--Human factors.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Regional Planning
- A Planning Region
- Public Architecture
- Community Planning
- Modern Houses
- Regional Development.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sachs, Avigail The Garden in the Machine
- ISBN:
- 9780813948966
- OCLC:
- 1336956596
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