Mechanization takes command : a contribution to anonymous history / Sigfried Giedion ; afterword by Stanislaus von Moos.

By: Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968 [author.]Contributor(s): Moss, Stanislaus von [author of afterword.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013Edition: First University of Minnesota Press editionDescription: 785 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780816690435 (paperback)Subject(s): Industrial arts -- History | Mechanization -- History | Inventions -- HistoryLOC classification: T19 .G54 2013Subject: One of the twentieth century’s best-known architectural theorists examines the impact of mechanization on daily life First published in 1948, Mechanization Takes Command is an examination of mechanization and its effects on everyday life. A monumental figure in the field of architectural history, Sigfried Giedion traces the evolution and resulting philosophical implications of such disparate innovations as the slaughterhouse, the Yale lock, the assembly line, tractors, ovens, and “comfort” as defined by advancements in furniture design. https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/mechanization-takes-command

"First published in 1948 by Oxford University Press."

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 777-785).

One of the twentieth century’s best-known architectural theorists examines the impact of mechanization on daily life
First published in 1948, Mechanization Takes Command is an examination of mechanization and its effects on everyday life. A monumental figure in the field of architectural history, Sigfried Giedion traces the evolution and resulting philosophical implications of such disparate innovations as the slaughterhouse, the Yale lock, the assembly line, tractors, ovens, and “comfort” as defined by advancements in furniture design.

https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/mechanization-takes-command