Technics and Civilization

Technics and Civilization
Author: Lewis Mumford
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2010-10-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226550273

Technics and Civilization first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934—before television, the personal computer, and the Internet even appeared on our periphery. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, Lewis Mumford explained the origin of the machine age and traced its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the Industrial Revolution. Mumford sagely argued that it was the moral, economic, and political choices we made, not the machines that we used, that determined our then industrially driven economy. Equal parts powerful history and polemic criticism, Technics and Civilization was the first comprehensive attempt in English to portray the development of the machine age over the last thousand years—and to predict the pull the technological still holds over us today. “The questions posed in the first paragraph of Technics and Civilization still deserve our attention, nearly three quarters of a century after they were written.”—Journal of Technology and Culture

The Sailor's Word-book

The Sailor's Word-book
Author: William Henry Smyth
Publisher: London : Blackie and son
Total Pages: 836
Release: 1867
Genre: Military art and science
ISBN:

Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era

Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era
Author: James P. Boyd
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 693
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era" by James P. Boyd contains numerous instructional and historic descriptions of some of the most important innovations in history. Wonders of electricity, naval progress and advancements, new discoveries in astronomy, the study of plants and flowers, how women progressed and moved up in the world, the revolution of the textile industry, religion, the growth of libraries, architectural marvels, and much more are listed in this fascinating and fact-filled book.

The Romance of Modern Mechanism

The Romance of Modern Mechanism
Author: Archibald Williams
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2022-07-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The Romance of Modern Mechanism is a scientific book touching on the impact of different machines on the lifestyle of the average man. It offers interesting descriptions in non-technical language of various machinery and mechanical devices as well as scientific instruments in common use by 1910, when it was written by author Archibald Williams.

The Wonder Book of Knowledge

The Wonder Book of Knowledge
Author: Henry Chase Hill
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781018174518

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