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Lewis Mumford. • New York householders who heard a woman's cries for help in the night , and who watched her being murdered without even phoning for the police -as if they were watching a television program . In short , to overlook these ...
Lewis Mumford. • New York householders who heard a woman's cries for help in the night , and who watched her being murdered without even phoning for the police -as if they were watching a television program . In short , to overlook these ...
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... at bay , pushing across a difficult terrain for 1,500 miles , gives evidence of the megamachine's massive constructive powers . Photographs from Ewing Galloway , New York . 21 : From Ancient to Modern The Corinth Canal ,
... at bay , pushing across a difficult terrain for 1,500 miles , gives evidence of the megamachine's massive constructive powers . Photographs from Ewing Galloway , New York . 21 : From Ancient to Modern The Corinth Canal ,
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... York : 1922 . Classic exposition by an immensely learned but genial scholar , full of human as well as linguistic insight . Not less endearing because he broke the professional taboo against speculating on origins . Jolly , Alison . Two ...
... York : 1922 . Classic exposition by an immensely learned but genial scholar , full of human as well as linguistic insight . Not less endearing because he broke the professional taboo against speculating on origins . Jolly , Alison . Two ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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