Housekeeping by design : hotels and labor /
Brody, David, 1968-
Housekeeping by design : hotels and labor / David Brody. - 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations, plans
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vignette 1: booking a room -- Theoretically checking in -- Vignette 2: Plaza memories -- Design and the chambermaid: Mary Bresnan's The practical hotel housekeeper and E. M. Statler's Service code -- Vignette 3: "for your safety" -- A textbook case: pedagogy and housekeeping -- Vignette 4: the hotel as mise-en-scene -- Laboriously unreal: design and hotel impossible -- Vignette 5: you're doing research where? -- Go green: design, hotels, and the sustainability paradox -- Vignette 6: Chicago and thick description -- "We truly listened to our guests": rethinking the redesign of the Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Conclusion: a Cinderella story.
9780226389264 (e-book)
Hotel housekeeping--United States.
Hotels--Employees.--United States
Hotels--Design and construction.--United States
Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.--United States
Electronic books.
TX928 / .B764 2016
647.94068
Housekeeping by design : hotels and labor / David Brody. - 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations, plans
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vignette 1: booking a room -- Theoretically checking in -- Vignette 2: Plaza memories -- Design and the chambermaid: Mary Bresnan's The practical hotel housekeeper and E. M. Statler's Service code -- Vignette 3: "for your safety" -- A textbook case: pedagogy and housekeeping -- Vignette 4: the hotel as mise-en-scene -- Laboriously unreal: design and hotel impossible -- Vignette 5: you're doing research where? -- Go green: design, hotels, and the sustainability paradox -- Vignette 6: Chicago and thick description -- "We truly listened to our guests": rethinking the redesign of the Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Conclusion: a Cinderella story.
9780226389264 (e-book)
Hotel housekeeping--United States.
Hotels--Employees.--United States
Hotels--Design and construction.--United States
Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.--United States
Electronic books.
TX928 / .B764 2016
647.94068