Searching for a "rational" workplace, turn-of-the-century engineers and industrial architects recast the factory itself in the image of the machine. Indeed, they considered the factory building the "master machine," containing and coordinating all of the machinery within. Such rational factory planning improved production speed and the management of workers. Once created, the rational factory transformed the nature of work, both human and mechanical.
In The Rational Factory, Lindy Biggs contends that factory design played a crucial role in the development of American mass production. Her interdisciplinary study draws from the fields of business history, engineering, technology, architecture, and theories of modernity. Why did some people want to rationalize the factory, she asks, and how did the system impact those who worked under it?
| ISBN: | 9780801872457 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 2003 |
| Author: | Lindy Biggs |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Industry and Society |
| Genres: |
History of engineering and technology History of architecture Labour / income economics |
Searching for a "rational" workplace, turn-of-the-century engineers and industrial architects recast the factory itself in the image of the machine. Indeed, they considered the factory building the "master machine," containing and coordinating all of the machinery within.
The Rational Factory features in the following genres: History of engineering and technology, History of architecture, Labour / income economics
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The Rational Factory was written by Lindy Biggs and published by Johns Hopkins University Press
The Rational Factory has 224 pages
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