"Steel has, over centuries, played a crucial role in shaping our material, and in particular, urban landscapes. This books undertakes a cultural and ecological history of the material, examining the relationship between steel and design at a micro and macro level in terms of both what it has be...

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Hauptverfasser:	Fry, Tony (VerfasserIn), Willis, Anne-Marie (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
Schriftenreihe:	Design, histories, futures
Schlagworte:	Steel > History. Acier > Histoire. Environmentally-friendly architecture & design. Social impact of environmental issues. Sustainability. Engineering: general. Product design. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Metallurgy. Steel History
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	"Steel has, over centuries, played a crucial role in shaping our material, and in particular, urban landscapes. This books undertakes a cultural and ecological history of the material, examining the relationship between steel and design at a micro and macro level in terms of both what it has been used to design and how it has functioned as a 'world-making force'. The research for the book is informed by diverse sources including industry journals, contemporary accounts and technical literature all framed by rich, early accounts of iron and steel making from the middle ages to the opening of the industrial age, and most notably, the crucial works of Vannoccio Biringuccio, Georgius Agricola, Andrew Ure and Harry Scrivenor. In contrast, trans-cultural accounts of the history of metallurgy from eminent sinologists and cultural historians like Joseph Needham and G.E.R. Lloyd are used. Readings on the pre-history and history of science, as well as histories and philosophies technology from scholars such as Siegfried Giedion, Merritt Roe Smith, L.T.C Rolt, Robert B. Gordon inform the analysis. Social and economic history from historians such as Eric Hobsbawn, William T. Hogan and David Brody are consulted; labour process theory is also examined, particularly the influential writings of F.W. Taylor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and his contemporary critics, like David Nobel and Harry Braverman. Many other disciples also inform the account: histories of urban design and architecture, transport and military history, environmental history and geography"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781472591708 1472591704 9780857854810 085785481X