TY  - BOOK
AU  - Giedion,S.
AU  - Moss,Stanislaus von
TI  - Mechanization takes command: a contribution to anonymous history 
SN  - 9780816690435 
AV  - T19 .G54 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - University of Minnesota Press
KW  - Industrial arts
KW  - History
KW  - Mechanization
KW  - Inventions
N1  - "First published in 1948 by Oxford University Press."; Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 777-785)
N2  - 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
ER  -