The Factory in a Garden - A History of Corporate Landscapes from the Industrial to the Digital Age (Hardcover)

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. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Design and Material Culture
Release date:	February 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Helena Chance
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-78499-300-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Office & workplace > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78499-300-X
Barcode:	9781784993009

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