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The Myth of the Machine: The Pentagon of Power
by Mumford, Lewis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151639744
- ISBN 13
- 9780151639748
- Seller
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Grey cloth over boards. A few pages have check marks in the margins, otherwise clean and tight.
Synopsis
Mumford explains the forces that have shaped technology since prehistoric times and shaped the modern world. He shows how tools developed because of significant parallel inventions in ritual, language, and social organization. “It is a stimulating volume, informed both with an enormous range of knowledge and empathetic spirit” (Eliot Fremont-Smith, New York Times). Index; photographs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bearly Read Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031615
- Title
- The Myth of the Machine: The Pentagon of Power
- Author
- Mumford, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0151639744
- ISBN 13
- 9780151639748
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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Bearly Read Books
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