The Rational Factory Architecture, Technology, and Work in America's Age of Mass Production |
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| Author:
| Biggs, Lindy |
| Series title: | Studies in Industry and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-7245-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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Searching for a ''rational'' workplace, turn-of-the-century engineers and industrial architects recast the factory itself in the image of the machine. Indeed, they considered the factory building the ''master machine,'' containing and coordinating all of the machinery within. Such rational factory planning improved production speed and the ......
Searching for a ''rational'' workplace, turn-of-the-century engineers and industrial architects recast the factory itself in the image of the machine. Indeed, they considered the factory building the ''master machine,'' containing and coordinating all of the machinery within. Such rational factory planning improved production speed and the ......