The factory in a garden
A history of corporate landscapes from the industrial to the digital age
Helena Chance. Series edited by Christopher Breward
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Author Biography
Helena Chance is Reader in History and Theory of Design at Buckinghamshire New University
Manchester University Press
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date February 2017
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781784993009 / 178499300X
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 75 GBP
- Pages280
- ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions240 x 170 mm
- Illustration8 colour illustrations, 60 black & white illustrations
- Biblio NotesIntroduction 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 Index
- SeriesStudies in Design and Material Culture