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

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

144 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-142).
The architect's office of the Tennessee Valley Authority / Christine Macy -- Redefining landscape / Jane Wolff -- Domesticity and power : a photo essay / Richard Barnes -- Ideology and engineering in the Tennessee Valley / Barry M. Katz -- TVA graphics : a language of power / Steven Heller -- Almost fully modern : the TVA's visual art campaign / Todd Smith -- Watauga / Jennifer Bloomer.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9781568986845
156898684X

Subject:

Tennessee Valley Authority.
Industrial design United States History 20th century.
Architecture and state United States History 20th century.
Modern movement (Architecture) United States.
Design États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) États-Unis.
Architecture and state.
Industrial design.
Modern movement (Architecture)
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Culvahouse, Tim, 1957-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252264
Call No.: BIB 181765
Status: Available

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