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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lewis Mumford , Langdon WinnerPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 2.30cm Weight: 0.794kg ISBN: 9780226550275ISBN 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 We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThe 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""" Author InformationLewis 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |