The Myth of the Machine: The pentagon of powerHarcourt, Brace & World, 1970 - Technology and civilization |
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Page 298
... population of the world an easy prey to military conquest and exploitation , with the characteristic historic mischief of ' civilization ' : the subjugation of a large population for the exclusive benefit of a ruling minority . So far ...
... population of the world an easy prey to military conquest and exploitation , with the characteristic historic mischief of ' civilization ' : the subjugation of a large population for the exclusive benefit of a ruling minority . So far ...
Page 324
... population , and , best of all , a swift disposition of the product by ceaseless destruction . This was mass consumption with a vengeance . As a result of war itself , the economic center of gravity shifted to the State , that is , the ...
... population , and , best of all , a swift disposition of the product by ceaseless destruction . This was mass consumption with a vengeance . As a result of war itself , the economic center of gravity shifted to the State , that is , the ...
Page 336
... population , coupled with the invention of the first cheap , popular contraceptives - mainly the sterilizing douche slowed down the rate of increase to such an extent in countries like France and England that population experts , as ...
... population , coupled with the invention of the first cheap , popular contraceptives - mainly the sterilizing douche slowed down the rate of increase to such an extent in countries like France and England that population experts , as ...
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CONTENTS | 3 |
THE STORY OF UTOPIAS 1922 | 7 |
THE GOLDEN DAY 1926 | 46 |
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