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As a matter of fact, during later ages kingship not merely seeped back into more
primitive tribal societies, but its technical and institutional complex spread, by one
means or another, over the whole planet, from China and Cambodia to Peru ...
As a matter of fact, during later ages kingship not merely seeped back into more
primitive tribal societies, but its technical and institutional complex spread, by one
means or another, over the whole planet, from China and Cambodia to Peru ...
Page 272
What the monastery began, the medieval guilds carried through; for they not
merely laid down a fresh basis for association in craft and trade, but they restored
to work the esthetic and moral values, conditioned by religion, that governed the
...
What the monastery began, the medieval guilds carried through; for they not
merely laid down a fresh basis for association in craft and trade, but they restored
to work the esthetic and moral values, conditioned by religion, that governed the
...
Page 280
When the Royal Society was founded in London in the middle of the seventeenth
century, merchants and bankers took a leading part in it, not merely as providers
of funds, but as active experimenters in the new science. The notion that every ...
When the Royal Society was founded in London in the middle of the seventeenth
century, merchants and bankers took a leading part in it, not merely as providers
of funds, but as active experimenters in the new science. The notion that every ...
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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| Title | The myth of the machine: technics and human development, Volume 1 Volume 208 of A Harvest Book |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967 |
| Length | 342 pages |
| Subjects | Civilization Social change Technology and civilization |
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