This architectural history offers a history of the factory and urban manufacturing. It offers a reconsideration of industrial urbanism and addresses social and economic issues of the industrial built environment. In addition to design and architecture, discussion encompasses labor rights, globalization, and trends toward sustainable, green, and self-sufficient factories. Some subjects the utopian factory city, modern factory architecture, and workplace democracy. The book contains color and b&w historical and contemporary photos and illustrations. This second edition offers new material on closed-loop manufacturing systems and the hybrid factory or mixed-use factory. Annotation 2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
