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The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America
by Marx, Leo
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- Paperback
- Condition
- UsedGood
- ISBN 10
- 0195007387
- ISBN 13
- 9780195007381
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UsedGood. There is a signature or handwriting on the inside front cover. There is heavy highlighting or handwriting throughout the book. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing The cover has visible markings and wear. This is a paperback copy The book is slightly cocked Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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On Jul 25 2011, Susanry said:
I discovered this book as an American Studies student in the early 70's. It explains in detail the decline of the quality of life in America as technology and the loss of the centralized family lost grounds with the coming of heavy industry. A prophetic book in its time - I as a college librarian I frequently recommend it to those who want to understand this aspect of lifestyle in the USA and in emerging Third World cultures.
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- Bookseller
- Books4Cause Inc. (US)
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- Title
- The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America
- Author
- Marx, Leo
- Book Condition
- UsedGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0195007387
- ISBN 13
- 9780195007381
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Place of Publication
- Cary, North Carolina, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- December 31, 1967
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...