Industry, architecture, and engineering: [American ingenuity, 1750-1950]

Uittreksel

"This book, the only comprehensive illustrated study of American industrial architecture and civil engineering from the mid-eighteenth century to World War II, is a valuable document of this important aspect of our heritage and a testament to American technology and ingenuity." "The photographs included in this book, both historic and contemporary, are mostly drawn from the Haer's impressive collection. Written by experts in the field of industrial archaeology, the text weaves together several significant themes of American history: not just the technological advances and the milestones of civil engineering but also the socioeconomic impact of these developments, as well as their architectural manifestation."--Jacket.

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A Technical, Functional, and Standardized Architecture -- Turn-of-the-Century Eclecticism -- Factory Architecture: Between Death and Rebirth -- Understanding Our Industrial Heritage -- Industrial Landscapes, Industrial Wastelands -- Industry along the Water -- Creating the Urban Environment -- Company Towns -- From Landscape to Wasteland -- Industrial Wastelands: A Subject of Debate and an Object of Fascination -- Rehabilitation, Preservation, Reuse -- A Movement Takes Form: From Technical Collections to Engineers' Associations -- The Early Rehabilitation of Industrial Monuments -- Early Urban Industrial Districts -- The Concept of the Heritage Corridor -- Setbacks in Preservation -- Grain Elevators: A Burdensome Heritage -- The Problem of Large Iron and Steel Sites. Foreword: American Industrial Archaeology / Eric DeLony -- Introduction: The Industrial Heritage: A Living Memory and an Instrument of Knowledge -- The Two Phases of Industrialization in the United States -- A "European-style" Industrialization: New England from Independence to the Civil War -- Metallurgy, the Pioneers' Heritage -- Water Mills, the Infrastructure for the First Phase of Industrialization -- The Alliance of Textiles and Hydraulic Power -- The Rise in the Scale of Power -- Paterson and Lowell: The Birth of a Technological Model -- The Success of the Model in New England -- The Spread of the Lowell System -- The American Industrial Landscape Takes Shape -- The Rise of Industrial Giants: From the Civil War to World War II -- In the Textile Industry, the Era of Giant Factories -- The Arrival of the Coke-Fueled Iron and Steel Industry -- Naval Yards and Arsenals -- The Twentieth-Century Factory: Mass Consumption and the Rationalization of Work -- Major Themes in the Industrial Heritage of the United States -- Civil Engineering Takes Command -- Canals -- Railroads -- Bridges by the Thousands -- Port Facilities -- Harnessing Natural Resources -- Upper Michigan: Copper and Iron -- The Western Mining States: Silver and Copper -- The Industrial Exploitation of Quarries -- Energy Choices -- Steam Power -- The Introduction of Oil -- A New Episode in Water Power -- The Architecture of Industry -- The Genealogy of Traditional Factories -- A Brilliant Interlude: Cast Iron in Nineteenth-Century Architecture.