Mechanization takes command, a contribution to anonymous history.

Main entry:

Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968.

Title & Author:

Mechanization takes command, a contribution to anonymous history.

Publication:

New York, Oxford Univ. Press, 1948.

Description:

xiv, 743 pages illustrations, diagrams 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Anonymous history -- Springs of mechanization -- Means of mechanization -- Mechanization encounters the organic -- Mechanization encounters human surroundings -- Mechanization encounters the household -- The mechanization of the bath -- Conclusion.

Summary:

Sigfried Giedion's encyclopedic book traces the various ways in which, for better and for worse, mechanization has assumed control of our lives, from modern systems of hygiene and waste management, to agricultural production, fashion, and beyond.

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Subject:

Industrial arts History.
Mechanization History.
Inventions History.
Métiers Histoire.
Mécanisation Histoire.
Inventions Histoire.
Industrial arts.
Inventions.
Mechanization.
Erfindung
Industriedesign
Mechanisierung
Soziologie
Technologie.
Productontwikkeling.
Vormgeving.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 93242
Call No.: W2496
Status: Available

Location: Library main 93243
Call No.: 618
Status: Available

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