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Record Nr.

UNINA9910661842803321

Titolo

The Tennessee Valley Authority [[electronic resource] ] : design and persuasion / / Tim Culvahouse, editor ; photographs by Richard Barnes ; afterword by Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Princeton Architectural Press, c2007

Knoxville, TN : , : Tennessee Valley Authority

[Washington, D.C.] : , : Government Printing Office, , -December 16, 2014

[Washington, D.C.] : , : Government Publishing Office, , December 17, 2014-

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Collana

Young architects  Instability

Altri autori (Persone)

CulvahouseTim <1957->

Disciplina

627/.80973

Soggetti

Industrial design - United States - History - 20th century

Architecture and state - United States - History - 20th century

Modern movement (Architecture) - United States

Tennessee River Valley Environmental conditions

Tennessee River Valley Economic conditions

Tennessee River Management

Tennessee River Environmental conditions

United States Tennessee River

United States Tennessee River Valley

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-142).

Nota di contenuto

""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The Architect�s Office of the Tennessee Valley Authority""; ""Redefining Landscape""; ""Domesticity and Power: A Photo Essay""; ""Ideology and Engineering in the Tennessee Valley""; ""TVA Graphics: A Language of Power""; ""Almost Fully Modern: The TVA�s Visual Art Campaign""; ""Watauga""; ""Afterword""; ""Appendix: Travel Suggestions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributor Biographies""

Sommario/riassunto

This official web site covers the mission and activities of the Tennessee



Valley Authority, a corporation owned by the U.S. government that provides electricity, manages natural resources, and supports economic development for Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.