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The Tennessee Valley Authority: Lessons for the Present and Future
William H. Jordy
Description: "Symbolic Essence" and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and...
"Symbolic Essence" and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture
The Tennessee Valley Authority is singular in the history of American design and public policy. First there is its vast geographic scale. As may be seen from a map of the river basin, the ground on which TVA planning was wrought is as large as the area of England and Wales combined...
Author
William H. Jordy
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2005 by the Trustees of Columbia University
Related print edition pages: pp.103-126
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00114.008
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16308
Chapter subject tags:Tennessee Valley AuthorityWater-supply engineeringPublic works--United States--20th century

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