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Mechanization Takes Command
A Contribution to Anonymous History
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Ideal for readers interested in engineering, technology history, architectural history, and the social implications of industrialisation.
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First published in 1948, Mechanization Takes Command is an examination of mechanization and its effects on everyday life. A monumental figure in the field of architectural history, Sigfried Giedion traces the evolution and resulting philosophical implications of such disparate innovations as the slaughterhouse, the Yale lock, the assembly line, tractors, ovens, and "comfort" as defined by advancements in furniture design.
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Thomas Sugrue of the New York Times calls it a "provocative, enlightening, sometimes frightening story." Time magazine praises it as an exhaustive investigation into the effects of mechanization on humanity. Technology and Culture highlights Giedion’s attention to the beauty and wonder found in ordinary mechanised objects.
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ISBN: 9780816690435
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 March 2014
Country: United States
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Illustration: 524
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 51.0mm
Width: 178.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 808
About the Author
Sigfried Giedion (18881968) taught at the Federal Institute of Technology and was Mellon Lecturer at the Washington National Gallery and the Charles Elliot Norton Lecturer at Harvard University. His other works include Space, Time, and Architecture and The Eternal Present.
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