Garden in the Machine

Planning and Democracy in the Tennessee Valley Authority

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Avigail Sachs

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The Tennessee Valley Authority was the largest single agency created under the auspices of the New Deal legislation. Until 1933, when the project was initiated, the Tennessee Valley was known romantically as "a region of untapped potential" and, less romantically, as one of the most impoverished and isolated areas of the country. The TVA was responsible for three large scale environmental projects – the river, land, and power machines – but the project also had social, even utopian, goals. In service to the latter, the TVA put together a cadre of regional planners, architects and landscape architects that Avigail Sachs calls the "atelier TVA." These professionals contributed to the design of the system of multi-purpose dams, arranged visitors centers and scenic routes, built housing and communities (although both were segregated) and instigated a regional recreation industry. In addition to its planning and design history audience, this volume will be of interest to environmental historians and historians of the Progressive Era.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-04-13
Mått169 x 196 x 11 mm
Vikt226 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMidcentury
Antal sidor300
FörlagUniversity of Virginia Press
ISBN9780813948959

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“This book offers an intriguing framework for considering the history of the design and construction of the TVA through the praxis of architects, planners, engineers, and landscape architects. But The Garden in the Machine is equally engaged in the actual material manifestations of the design and construction of the dam itself, the landscape of recreation, and the housing and residential development. Sachs successfully merges the two–a narrative that has not been fully developed elsewhere.” - Thaïsa Way, University of Washington, author of Unbounded Practices: Women, Landscape Architecture, and Early Twentieth Century Design“The Garden in the Machine promises to make a significant contribution to the scholarship of the Tennessee Valley Authority, particularly in terms of the landscape planning and the research agenda of the TVA 'atelier.'” - Christine Macy, Dalhousie University, author of Dams