TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mumford,Lewis
TI  - The myth of the machine
SN  - 0151639744
PY  - 1970///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
KW  - Technology and civilization
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Technology
KW  - History
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 439-469; V. 2 (1970, 496 pages, 32 pages of plates); Contents (v. 2): New explorations, new worlds -- Return of the sun god -- Political absolutism and regimentation -- Science as technology -- The polytechnic tradition -- Mass production and human automation -- Progress as 'science fiction' -- The nucleation of power -- The new megamachine -- The megatechnic wasteland -- Promises, bribes, threats -- Demoralization and insurgence -- The new organum -- Epilogue: The advancement of life
N2  - Examines contemporary man's preoccupation with technology, appraising mass production and automation and their by-products including pollution, mass destruction, and waste
ER  -