The Factory in a Garden
A History of Corporate Landscapes from the Industrial to the Digital Age
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2017
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-78499-300-9 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-78499-300-9 (ISBN)
This book aims to explore the designed landscapes associated with factories and corporations in the UK and US created since the industrial revolution. It is largely historical, focusing on the period between 1890 and 1930 but it comes right up to date with initiatives such as secret gardens and vegetable allotments at the London Google offices. -- .
When we think about Victorian factories, 'Dark Satanic Mills' might spring to mind - images of blackened buildings and exhausted, exploited workers struggling in unhealthy and ungodly conditions. But for some employees this image was far from the truth, and this is the subject of 'The Factory in a Garden' which traces the history of a factory gardens movement from its late-eighteenth century beginnings in Britain to its twenty-first century equivalent in Google's vegetable gardens at their headquarters in California. The book is the first study of its kind examining the development of parks, gardens, and outdoor leisure facilities for factories in Britain and America as a model for the reshaping of the corporate environment in the twenty-first century. This is also the first book to give a comprehensive account of the contribution of gardens, gardening and recreation to the history of responsible capitalism and ethical working practices. -- .
When we think about Victorian factories, 'Dark Satanic Mills' might spring to mind - images of blackened buildings and exhausted, exploited workers struggling in unhealthy and ungodly conditions. But for some employees this image was far from the truth, and this is the subject of 'The Factory in a Garden' which traces the history of a factory gardens movement from its late-eighteenth century beginnings in Britain to its twenty-first century equivalent in Google's vegetable gardens at their headquarters in California. The book is the first study of its kind examining the development of parks, gardens, and outdoor leisure facilities for factories in Britain and America as a model for the reshaping of the corporate environment in the twenty-first century. This is also the first book to give a comprehensive account of the contribution of gardens, gardening and recreation to the history of responsible capitalism and ethical working practices. -- .
Helena Chance is Reader in History and Theory of Design at Buckinghamshire New University -- .
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 -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.06.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Design and Material Culture |
| Zusatzinfo | 8 colour illustrations, 60 black & white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 821 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78499-300-X / 178499300X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78499-300-9 / 9781784993009 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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