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The Machine in the Garden. Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America.
Leo Marx
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Description for The Machine in the Garden. Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America.
Paperback. This new edition marks the 35th anniversary of Marx's classic text on the relationship between technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. It features a new afterword by the author on the process of writing this pioneering book, a work that all but founded the discipline now called American Studies. Num Pages: 430 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
For over four decades, Leo Marx's work has focused on the relationship between technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. His research helped to define--and continues to give depth to--the area of American studies concerned with the links between scientific and technological advances, and the way society and culture both determine these links. The Machine in the Garden fully examines the difference between the "pastoral" and "progressive" ideals which characterized early 19th-century American culture, and which ultimately evolved into the basis for much of the environmental and nuclear debates of contemporary society. This new edition is appearing ... Read more
For over four decades, Leo Marx's work has focused on the relationship between technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. His research helped to define--and continues to give depth to--the area of American studies concerned with the links between scientific and technological advances, and the way society and culture both determine these links. The Machine in the Garden fully examines the difference between the "pastoral" and "progressive" ideals which characterized early 19th-century American culture, and which ultimately evolved into the basis for much of the environmental and nuclear debates of contemporary society. This new edition is appearing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
Number of Pages
430
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195133516
SKU
V9780195133516
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About Leo Marx
Leo Marx is Professor Emeritus of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Reviews for The Machine in the Garden. Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America.
An exciting book, exemplifying studies in American culture at their best.
Hennig Cohen, Saturday Review
This is an important contribution to our understanding of some of the enigmas and conflicts at work in the American imagination, particularly in the 19th century.
Tony Tanner, Encounter
Hennig Cohen, Saturday Review
This is an important contribution to our understanding of some of the enigmas and conflicts at work in the American imagination, particularly in the 19th century.
Tony Tanner, Encounter