The Myth of the Machine: Technics and human development

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Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967 - Technology and civilization - 342 pages
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Contents

PROLOGUE
3
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN
14
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO
48
THE GIFT OF TONGUES
72
FINDERS AND MAKERS
98
FORESTAGES OF DOMESTICATION
126
GARDEN HOME AND MOTHER
142
KINGS AS PRIME MOVERS
163
THE DESIGN OF THE MEGAMACHINE
188
THE BURDEN OF CIVILIZATION
212
INVENTION AND THE ARTS
234
PIONEERS IN MECHANIZATION
263
BIBLIOGRAPHY
297
INDEX
325

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TitleThe Myth of the Machine: Technics and human development
Harvest book
Volume 1 of The Myth of the Machine, Lewis Mumford
The Myth of the Machine; Technics and Human Development, Lewis Mumford
AuthorLewis Mumford
PublisherHarcourt, Brace & World, 1967
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized5 Nov 2007
ISBN0151639736, 9780151639731
Length342 pages
  
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