Myth of the Machine : Technics and Human Development
by:
Lewis Mumford (author)
Mumford explains the forces that have shaped technology since prehistoric times and shaped the modern world. He shows how tools developed because of significant parallel inventions in ritual, language, and social organization. “It is a stimulating volume, informed both with an enormous range of...
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Mumford explains the forces that have shaped technology since prehistoric times and shaped the modern world. He shows how tools developed because of significant parallel inventions in ritual, language, and social organization. “It is a stimulating volume, informed both with an enormous range of knowledge and empathetic spirit” (Eliot Fremont-Smith, New York Times). Index; photographs.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156623414 (0156623412)
Publish date: September 29th 1971
Publisher: Harvest/HBJ Book
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
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