Modern Technology and Civilization: An Introduction to Human Problems in the Machine Age (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Charles Rumford Walker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265799112 ISBN 13: 9780265799116

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Modern Technology and Civilization: An Introduction to Human Problems in the Machine Age

Introduction Bibliography. 1. On Evaluating Technology In History (charles Singer) 2. Historical Origins of the Machine Age i. What Is a Machine: Tools, Machines and Utilities Defined (lewis Mumford) II. Ideological Preparation: The Wish before the Fact (lewis Mumford)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265799112
• ISBN 13: 9780265799116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 495