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... demand scrutiny. 3: THE. REMOVAL. OF. LIMITS. Every earlier system of production, whether in agriculture or in handicraft ... demands that accompanied it. Esthetic design and qualitative excellence took precedence over mere quantitative ...
... demand scrutiny. 3: THE. REMOVAL. OF. LIMITS. Every earlier system of production, whether in agriculture or in handicraft ... demands that accompanied it. Esthetic design and qualitative excellence took precedence over mere quantitative ...
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... demand sufficient to justify the installation of expensive prime movers and batteries of elaborate machines, kept in ... demands. Sigfried Giedion's classic analysis of the processes of rationalization and automation, in 'Mechanization ...
... demand sufficient to justify the installation of expensive prime movers and batteries of elaborate machines, kept in ... demands. Sigfried Giedion's classic analysis of the processes of rationalization and automation, in 'Mechanization ...
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... demands, and to permit the exercise of choice. To preserve its identity as a member of a species and a group, and likewise as a unique individual, to remain 'true to character,' to establish the minimal conditions needed for traversing ...
... demands, and to permit the exercise of choice. To preserve its identity as a member of a species and a group, and likewise as a unique individual, to remain 'true to character,' to establish the minimal conditions needed for traversing ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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