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Author Mozingo, Louise A

Title Pastoral capitalism : a history of suburban corporate landscapes / Louise A. Mozingo
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 315 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Urban and industrial environments
Urban and industrial environments.
Contents Postwar corporations, cities, and the pastoral landscape -- The corporation in the suburbs -- The corporate campus -- The corporate estate -- The office park -- Global pastoral capitalism
Summary "Mozingo distinguishes among three forms of corporate landscapes--the corporate campus, the corporate estate, and the office park--and examines suburban corporate landscapes built and inhabited by such companies as Bell Labs, General Motors, Deere & Company, and Microsoft. She also considers the globalization of pastoral capitalism in Europe and the developing world including Singapore, India, and China. Mozingo argues that, even as it is proliferating, pastoral capitalism needs redesign, as do many of our metropolitan forms, for pressing social, cultural, political, and environmental reasons. Future transformations are impossible, however, unless we understand the past. Pastoral Capitalism offers an indispensible chapter in urban history, examining not only the design of corporate landscapes but also the economic, social, and cultural models that determined their form."--Dust jacket p.1
Analysis ARCHITECTURE/Urban Design
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Industrial location -- United States -- Case studies
Corporations -- Headquarters -- United States
Land use, Rural -- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Industrial location -- United States -- Case studies.
Corporations -- Headquarters -- United States.
Land use, Rural -- United States.
Corporations -- Headquarters
Industrial location
Land use, Rural
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780262338271
0262338270
9780262338264
0262338262