A chronological analysis of utopias, urbanism and technology

dc.contributor.advisorMitchell, O. Jacken_US
dc.creatorBottorff, James Lynnen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-22T21:57:30Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-04-22T21:57:30Zen_US
dc.date.issued1971en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a comparative analysis of the chronological patterns of utopias, urbanism, and technology that have prevailed throughout European and American history. It analyzes a wide range of carefully selected utopian concepts, and compares them with the dominant urbanistic and technological events existing at similar points in time. The result of this investigation is a theory that utopian activity has responded to urbanistic and technological trends in a recurring sequence, and that this pattern continues up to the nineteenth century. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the recurring pattern becomes complex and less defined because of an increase in utopian concepts. Based on this theory, the thesis concludes that utopian activity has responded to the prevailing urbanistic trends and technological changes of society and-the appearance of utopian activity has signaled society of important changes.en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
dc.format.extent130 ppen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Arch. 1971 Bottorffen_US
dc.identifier.citationBottorff, James Lynn. "A chronological analysis of utopias, urbanism and technology." (1971) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/89543">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/89543</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE0573en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/89543en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleA chronological analysis of utopias, urbanism and technologyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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