The factory in a garden : a history of corporate landscapes from the industrial to the digital age /: a history of corporate landscapes from the industrial to the digital age. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Helena Chance.
• Authors: Chance, Helena, 1957-
• Editors: Breward, Christopher
• Contents: Introduction 1. 'The pleasant manufactory' 2. From model factory to modern factory 3. 'The Factory in a Garden'/'The Garden in a Factory' 4. 'Happy healthy workers are the world's best': factory landscapes, leisure and the model employee 5. Designing the company Arcadia 6. 'The Most Beautiful Factory in the World': the power of the garden image 7. Factory gardens and parks: profits or perks? 8. From factory gardens to 'connected gardens' Select gazetteer: company gardens and parks, c.1750-c.1960 and offices and office parks with significant landscaping, 1970-2015 Index.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 712.609034; Gardens -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Gardens -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Industrial revolution -- Great Britain -- History; Industrial revolution -- United States -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526112989; 9781526112972
• Related ISBNs: 9781784993009
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• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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