Technics and Civilization - Illustrated, with a New Introduction
by Lewis Mumford
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- Paperback
- Condition
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South Lyon, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace & World, Inc, 1963. paperback. Good. 8x5x0. 1963; glossy paper covers; wear and discoloration around edges; spine is creased; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; pencil marks through out book; 495 pages. From the collection of John Shy, professor at University of Michigan
Synopsis
This is a history of the machine and a critical study of its effects on civilization. Mumford has drawn on every aspect of life to explain the machine and to trace its social results. "An extraordinarily wide-ranging, sensitive, and provocative book about a subject upon which philosophers have so far shed but little light" (Journal of Philosophy). Index; illustrations.
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- A Squared Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SHY0887
- Title
- Technics and Civilization - Illustrated, with a New Introduction
- Author
- Lewis Mumford
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & World, Inc
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 8x5x0
- Weight
- 0.81 lbs
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