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040 _aAM-YeNLA
041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aMumford, Lewis
_d1895-1990
245 1 4 _aThe myth of the machine /
_cby Lewis Mumford.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarcourt Brace Jovanovich,
_c1970.
300 _av. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes index
504 _aBibliography: p. 439-469
505 0 0 _gV. 2 (1970, 496 pages, 32 pages of plates)
_iThe pentagon of power
505 0 _aContents (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
520 _aExamines contemporary man's preoccupation with technology, appraising mass production and automation and their by-products including pollution, mass destruction, and waste.
650 1 4 _aTechnology and civilization
650 1 4 _aTechnological innovations
_xSocial aspects
650 1 4 _aTechnology
_xHistory
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