Technics and Civilization

1934, the first UK edition of Lewis Mumford's history of the machine

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First UK edition. Hardback, bound in blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. 24 × 15.5cm, 495pp

Technics and Civilization first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934. 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. Both a 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.

Condition

A good reading copy. The blue cloth is a bit dulled and rubbed, light tanning to the pages but essentially remaining in strong readable condition.

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