Technics and Civilization

Author:   Lewis Mumford ,  Langdon Winner
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
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9780226550275


Pages:   528
Publication Date:   30 October 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Lewis Mumford ,  Langdon Winner
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 2.30cm
Weight:   0.794kg
ISBN:  

9780226550275


ISBN 10:   0226550273
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   30 October 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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The questions posed in the first paragraph of Technics and Civilization still deserve our attention, nearly three-quarters of a century after they were written. - Technology and Culture A brilliant historical and critical account of the effect of the artificial environment on man and of man on the environment, a necessary account, one for which we have waited too long in English. - New York Times


"""The questions posed in the first paragraph of Technics and Civilization still deserve our attention, nearly three-quarters of a century after they were written."" - Technology and Culture ""A brilliant historical and critical account of the effect of the artificial environment on man and of man on the environment, a necessary account, one for which we have waited too long in English."" - New York Times"""


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Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) was a writer whose scope encompassed literary criticism, architecture, history, urban sociology, and philosophy. The author of over thirty books, he was also the architectural critic for the New Yorker for over thirty years. He was eventually honored with the United States Medal of Freedom and named a Knight of the Order of the British Empire.

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