{"product_id":"technics-and-civilization-9780226550275","title":"Technics and Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnics and Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934-before television, the personal computer, and the Internet even appeared on our periphery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEqual parts powerful history and polemic criticism, \u003ci\u003eTechnics and Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e was the first comprehensive attempt in English to portray the development of the machine age over the last thousand years-and to predict the pull the technological still holds over us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCritical Reception\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The questions posed in the first paragraph of Technics and Civilization still deserve our attention, nearly three quarters of a century after they were written.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Technology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis work examines the intersection of technology, society, and human values across centuries, offering insights into how mechanical development shaped modern civilization. Published by University of Chicago Press, this edition continues to influence discussions in technology studies, urban sociology, and cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis Mumford\u003c\/b\u003e (1895-1990) was a writer whose scope encompassed literary criticism, architecture, history, urban sociology, and philosophy. The author of over thirty books, he was also the architectural critic for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e for over thirty years. He was eventually honored with the United States Medal of Freedom and Knight of the Order of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680522899730,"sku":"9780226550275","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a895eb5-3d1d-4425-a033-fd08ed988e2e.jpg?v=1734922091","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/technics-and-civilization-9780226550275","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}