The Rational Factory: Architecture, Technology and Work in America's Age of Mass Production (Studies in Industry and Society, 11)

by Lindy Biggs (Author)
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ISBN-13: 978-0801872457
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Traditional business history at its best, essential reading for anyone interested in the history of efficiency, technology, and work in the United States.

-- William Roy ― Journal of American History

Enhances our understanding of the shift away from a more romantic nineteenth-century artisanal world to the rational, machine- and factory-based, mass production of the twentieth century.

― Science, Technology, and Society

This interdisciplinary study aptly illustrates how buildings are much more than silent historical witnesses; they are in fact central, active components within the process of social change.

― Michigan Historical Review

An important addition to the literature of industrial development.

-- Paul Israel ― American Historical Review

The Rational Factory is a substantial contribution to the history of industrial engineering and industrial architecture in the 19th and 20th centuries.

-- Charles K. Hyde ― Industrial Archeology

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Lindy Biggs teaches history at Auburn University.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Johns Hopkins University Press (March 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0801872456
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801872457
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.56 x 9 inches
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