Abstract
The factory was an iconic symbol of modernity in early twentieth-century Britain. Epitomising the triumph of rationalisation and technological innovation, factories were lambasted by critics as hazardous and dehumanising environments which robbed work of meaning and destroyed workers' health. The Rise and Fall of the Healthy Factory reveals how the interwar health movement, modernist architecture and new forms of advertising attempted to refashion factories into sites of health improvement, and investigates why these plans never came to fruition.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Basingstoke, UK |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Number of pages | 290 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780230283718 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- health conditions
- factories
- twentieth-century Britain