The Myth of the Machine; The Pentagon of Power
by Mumford, Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full grey cloth, gilt lettering on blue panel on spine, blue endpapers. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . Dust jacket stuck to back board, else perfect. FINE/VERY GOOD. . B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xiii), 496 pp .
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
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17661
- Title
- The Myth of the Machine; The Pentagon of Power
- Author
- Mumford, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- History, Technology, Technological, Tools, Modern History
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
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