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American Business, "Manufacturing Industries." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://american-business.org/3618-arms-industry-shift-to-the-private-sector.html
           This article examines how World War II accelerated the vehicle, metallurgy and arms industries, leading to an increase in the demand for workers and factories. "Manufacturing Industries" discusses how the surge in the production of these goods positively shifted both the U.S. and global economy.

Ashby, James. Historic Preservation Education Foundation, "Preserving a Prototype: Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://hpef.us/publications/preserving-the-recent-past-publications/preserving-a-prototype.

           This article discusses technological advances in the manufacturing of aluminum and its impact on the streamlining and efficiency of Fuller's Dwelling Machine. Ashby also argues the limitations of the Dymaxion House as a home able to exist independently of its site. 

Astra, Ad. Fiddlers Green Paper Models, "Lockheed Altair." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Lockheed-Altair.html.

Baldwin, J.. BuckyWorks: Buckminster Fuller's ideas for today. New York:
John Wiley, 1996. 

This book discusses the technological developments that influenced Fuller's designs. Baldwin delineates the importance of the Dymaxion House in the context of the growing demand for single family dwellings and technological advances that took place in the early 20th century.

Bergdoll, Barry, Peter Christensen, and Ron Broadhurst. Home delivery: fabricating the modern dwelling. New York: Museum of Modern Art :, 2008.


Buckminster Fuller's universe: His life and work.. Cambridge, Mass.: Perseud Publishing, 1989.

Carl Solway Gallery, "Buckminster Fuller." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.solwaygallery.com/Buckminster_Fuller_ED.html.


Cline, Bevin. Moma, "R.Buckminster Fuller." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O:AD:E:2030&page_number=2&template_id=1&sort_order=1.


Dead Media Archives, "Dymaxion House." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Dymaxion_House.


Design Museum, "R. Buckminster Fuller." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://designmuseum.org/design/r-buckminster-fuller.


Evans, Huw. AutoGuide.com, "Model T Plant to Become a Museum." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/tag/ford-model-t-assembly-plant.

Flannigan, Pat. AviationChatter, "Deperdussin Monocoque Fuselage." Last modified 2010. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.aviationchatter.com/2010/01/semi-monocoque-mono-what/494077728_d0c4c20b61/.

Fuller, R. Buckminster. Ideas and integrities, a spontaneous autobiographical disclosure.. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1963.

Fuller, R. Buckminster. Utopia or oblivion: the prospects for humanity. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1969.

History Timelines, "Timeline of President Harry S. Truman." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/american-timelines/harry-s-truman-timeline.htm.

Inventions: Twelve Around One, "Buckminster Fuller." Last modified 2009. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://chuckbyrnedesign.com/portfolio/4.buildingconstr.html.

IvoryPress Space, "Buckminster Fuller." Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.ivorypress.com/art_books_space/architect/buckminster_fuller_2.

InspectAPedia, "Sears Catalog Homes." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://inspectapedia.com/Design/SearsHouses.htm.

JCM. Joanna Castle Miller, "The (De)Construction of Bridges and Dams." Last modified 2010. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://joannacastlemiller.com/2010/05/10/the-deconstruction-of-bridges-and-dams/.

Keyes, Gene. "Evolution of the Dymaxion Map." Last modified 2009. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.genekeyes.com/FULLER/BF-9.1-critique-asymmetry.html.

Library and Archives Canada, "Canada and the First World War." Last modified 2008. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/firstworldwar/025005-3200.014-e.html.

Marks, Robert W., and R. Buckminster Fuller. The Dymaxion world of Buckminster Fuller. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 19731960.



McHale, John. R. Buckminster Fuller. New York, NY: G. Braziller, 1962.
In this book, McHale conducts a thorough narrative of Fuller's "Dymaxion Exploration", while contextualizing his inventions in both history and Fuller's "comprehensive design philosophy."


McKeough, Tim. Wired Magazine 16.07, "What We Can Learn From Buckminster Fuller." Last modified 2008. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.wired.com/culture/art/multimedia/2008/06/pl_arts?slide=4&slideView=10.


Morris, Ann. Buckminster Fuller Institute, "Synergetics." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://bfi.org/about-bucky/buckys-big-ideas/synergetics.
This article, part of the Buckminster Fuller Institute's website features information on Buckminster Fuller's life, ideologies and innovations. The institute is dedicated to the preservation of Fuller's vision of the "Dymaxion Global Village" today. Morris discusses how Fuller applied the principles of synergetics and tensegrity to mechanize his designs, maximizing their efficiency, sanitation and user output.

            Neder, Frederico. Fuller Houses: R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Houses and Other Domestic Adventures. Baden, Switzerland: Lars Muller Publishers, 2008. Book.
In this book, Frederico Neder argues that through its cost and technologically efficient design, the Dymaxion Dwelling project "radically challenged housing norms" in the early-mid 20th century. Neder suggests that the Dymaxion House gave the world a glimpse into the possibility of an alternate form of domestic living.


Ouroussoff, Nicolai. New York Times, "Fixing Earth One Dome at a Time." Last modified 2008. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/arts/design/04full.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0.
This article discusses how the fundamental precepts of Fuller's "Dymaxion" creations, particularly those of synergetics, mechanical efficiency and sanitation proved to be ahead of the times. Ouroussoff argues that Americans were not ready to accept Fuller's "utopian post-war vision," considering it far too "radical" to embrace it as their home.

Prouty, Richard. One-Way Street, "Rowing Into the Future." Last modified 2009. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://onewaystreet.typepad.com/one_way_street/2009/06/rowing-into-the-future.html.

Snyder, Robert. R. Buckminster Fuller: an autobiographical monologue/scenario. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.

The Henry Ford. The Henry Ford Museum, "Learning about "the house of the future"." Last modified 2011. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://blog.thehenryford.org/2011/10/learning-about-the-house-of-the-future/.

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TopFoto, "Henry Ford and his Model T." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.topfoto.co.uk/gallery/modeltford/ppages/ppage33.html.

Yahoo, "Flickr." Last modified 2012. Accessed December 9, 2012. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbyurner/2993455152/?q=dymaxionwichitahouse.