Pentagon Of Power: The Myth Of The Machine, Vol. II

by Lewis Mumford

Overview

In this concluding volume of The Myth of the Machine, Mumford brings to a head his radical revisions of the stale popular conceptions of human and technological progress. Far from being an attack on science and technics, The Pentagon of Power seeks to establish a more organic social order based on technological resources. Index; photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156716109
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/20/1974
Series:	His the Myth of the Machine Series , #2
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1955 and received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. He is the author of The City in History, The Culture of Cities, Condition of Man, Interpretations and Forecasts, and Sketches from Life.