Building power : architecture and surveillance in Victorian America / Anna Vemer Andrzejewski.

Main entry:

Andrzejewski, Anna Vemer.

Title & Author:

Building power : architecture and surveillance in Victorian America / Anna Vemer Andrzejewski.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index.
Introduction -- Discipline -- Efficiency -- Hierarchy -- Fellowship -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"Building Power examines the ways in which concerns about surveillance informed the design and organization of important building types in the United States between the mid-nineteenth century and World War I. Beginning with settings such as prisons, that were specifically planned around surveillance, Anna Vemer Andrzejewski shows how surveillance also affected the design and use of various buildings and environments, including post offices, factories, offices, houses, and camp meetings. Working with great dexterity from case studies as well as scholarly sources, she argues that surveillance not only motivated a range of common buildings but was also a defining practice of modernism."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

9781572336315 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1572336315

Subject:

Space (Architecture) Social aspects United States History 19th century.
Space (Architecture) Social aspects United States History 20th century.
Architecture Human factors United States History 19th century.
Architecture Human factors United States History 20th century.
Social control United States History 19th century.
Social control United States History 20th century.
Espace (Architecture) Aspect social États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Espace (Architecture) Aspect social États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Facteurs humains États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture Facteurs humains États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Contrôle social États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Contrôle social États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Human factors.
Social control.
Space (Architecture) Social aspects.
Architektur
Kunstsoziologie
Soziale Kontrolle
Überwachung
Architektur Soziologie USA Geschichte 19. Jh.
Architektur Gesellschaft USA Geschichte 19. Jh.
Wohnungsbau USA Geschichte 19. Jh.
Soziologie Architektur USA Geschichte 19. Jh.
architecture contrôle social espace Etats-Unis 19e s. (fin) 20e s. (début)
USA Architektur Geschichte 1850-1920.
USA Kunstsoziologie Geschichte 1850-1920.
United States.
USA
Geschichte 1850-1920

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261347
Call No.: BIB 192351
Status: Available

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