America By Design: The Workplace

Duration: 60

Year Published: 1987

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Explores the importance of the workplace by tracing the evolution of the mills, factories, and office towers that stand as landmarks to the success of American enterprise. Outlines the attributes of the land and power sources that nurtured early American cities and towns. Follows the changing social and technological forces brought on by the free-enterprise system, the industrial revolution, and the assembly line. Features Albert Kahn, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

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