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The pentagon of power / by Lewis Mumford.
LIBRA CB478 .M778 1970
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LIBRA CB478 .M778 1970
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LIBRA CB478 .M778 1970
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990, author.
- Series:
- Myth of the machine ; v. 2.
- The myth of the machine ; [v. 2]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology and civilization.
- Technological innovations--Social aspects.
- Technological innovations.
- Penn Provenance:
- Havas, Peter (donor) (RBC copy)
- Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- 496 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1970.
- Summary:
- Examines contemporary man's preoccupation with technology, appraising mass production and automation and their by-products including pollution, mass destruction, and waste.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "Copyright ©1964, 1970 by Lewis Mumford"--verso of title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-469) and index.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy is Book of the Month Club Selection.
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- Kislak Center copy retains dust jacket.
- OCLC:
- 170006
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