Technics and Civilization
The Renewal of Life · Book 1Description
This landmark work traces the rise of the machine age across a thousand years, locating the foundations of modern technology in medieval culture as well as in the Industrial Revolution. Drawing on history, art, science, philosophy, and social thought, it explores how tools and systems reshaped work, cities, economies, politics, and everyday life. Rather than treating technology as an independent force, the book examines the moral and social choices that determine how machines serve—and transform—civilization. Both sweeping history and incisive cultural criticism, it remains a powerful meditation on technological progress and its enduring influence.
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paperback
Harvest Books
Published Nov 15, 1963
495 pages
ISBN: 9780156882545
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First Published
1934
Language
eng
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