About this title: This is a history of the machine and a critical study of its effects on civilization. Mumford has drawn on every aspect of life to explain the machine and to trace its social results.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Date Published: 1963
Description: Used-Good. Ex-Library. Hardcover. We individually inspect and grade each book. Our books are professionally packaged and processed quickly. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1963
ISBN-13:9780156882545ISBN:015688254X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Fine (except owner stamp inside front cover), No other marks or dents. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 544 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: New. 015688254X |Brand NEW Softcover ~ Tight & Bright ~ very light shelf-wear to top corner ~ all books carefully examined & well packaged. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & World, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good Plus. Trade paperback, a Harbinger Book. The slightest of edgewear to the covers, few very small stamps "programs on Tech and Soc. " otherwise internally near fine condition. Text and pages are clean and bright no markings. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, brace
Date Published: 1934
Description: Good. **Signed by Lewis Mumford** Good binding. Cover wear and bumped corners. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Name of previous owner on end page. Ships daily. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harbinger Book-Harcourt, Brace & World, New York U. S. A.
Date Published: 1963
ISBN-13:9780156882545ISBN:015688254X
Description: As New. 015688254X. Marfree, illustrated later prtg w/ New Intro, excel list of inventions, biblio & index, not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours.; Cultural History Series; 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.4 inches; 495 pages; \nBook Description This is a history of the machine and a critical study of its effects on civilization. Mumford has drawn on every aspect of life to explain the machine and to trace its social results. "An extraordinarily wide-ranging, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, brace
Date Published: 1934
Description: Very Good. In mylar. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover and dust jacket. A few small tears to dust jacket. Ships daily. (SOC) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 1963-11-15
ISBN-13:9780156882545ISBN:015688254X
Description: Like New. Gift quality. **Autographed by Lewis Mumford. ** Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. No Dust jacket. Ships daily. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace, New York
Date Published: 1934
Description: Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A crisp, clean, collectible copy (bottom forecorners bumped, light foxing to top edges) in a price-clipped DJ (mild wrinkles at bottom forecorners from bumps, light chipping and closed tears at spine crown which is internally mended with tape and residue bleeding through to the front of the DJ). A nice looking copy nonetheless of this extremely scarce first edition in DJ. A history of the machine and its effects upon civilization. The ... read more
"Mumford is a modern day (1934) prophet. If you have any interest in human development, history, organizational behavior, or how technology evolves and impacts the human race, read this now. Take you time though, this is a dense book, packed with wisdom. Read it like a bible...small chunks daily."
"Mumford describes the ad-hoc development of cities and civilization through applied technology and provides numerous case studies that highlight the various phases of this evolution."
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