{"product_id":"technics-and-civilization-paperback","title":"Technics and Civilization - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis Mumford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLangdon Winner\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnics and Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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, \u003ci\u003eTechnics and Civilization \u003c\/i\u003ewas 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \"\u003c\/i\u003eThe questions posed in the first paragraph of \u003ci\u003eTechnics and Civilization \u003c\/i\u003estill deserve our attention, nearly three quarters of a century after they were written.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Technology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis Mumford \u003c\/b\u003e(1895-1990) was a writer whose scope encompassed literary criticism, architecture, history, urban sociology, and philosophy. The author of over thirty books, he was also the architectural critic for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003efor over thirty years. He was eventually honored with the United States Medal of Freedom and Knight of the Order of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724522295359,"sku":"9780226550275","price":63.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f7688c8c030a2937cee5265eff36a17c_b73edf0c-3cba-4afe-a8ce-886c506ab10a.webp?v=1765102959","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/technics-and-civilization-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}