" Technics and Civilization first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934âbefore television, the personal computer, and the Internet even appeared on our periphery. Drawing 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 ..."
Sticks and Stones A Study of American Architecture and Civilization (Classic Reprint) by LewisMumford Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2017 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-0-282-96491-7, ISBN: 0-282-96491-6
"Excerpt from Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and CivilizationFor a hundred years or so after its settlement, there lived and flourished in America a type Of com munity which was rapidly disappearing in Europe. This community was embodied in villages and towns whose mummified remains even today have a rooted dignity that the most gigantic metropolises do not Often possess. If we would understand the architec ture Of Am ..."
"Excerpt from Regional Planning in the Pacific Northwest: A Memorandum The two weeks tour that I made of the coastal portions of the Northwest had the advantage, just because my movements were so rapid, of leaving two distinct images of the landscape. One was of its over powering beauty; the other was of its loneliness. At every point in my journey, from.the mckonz1e River to Puget Sound, there were breath taking landscapes: new the grea ..."
The Story of Utopias (Classic Reprint) by LewisMumford Paperback, 322 Pages, Published 2017 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-1-334-48273-1, ISBN: 1-334-48273-X
"Excerpt from The Story of Utopias Until this morning, it had been the mountain of a fairy story that was twenty centuries old. Now, it is a mighty hill and I can feel its warm coat of white reindeer-moss, and if I were willing to stretch out my hand, I could pluck the red berries that are in full bloom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This ..."
"A classic in many planning curricula, this is a 1991 reprint of the 1928 work by the originator of the Appalachian Trail and a founder of The Wilderness Society. The New Yorker in a 1989 series by Tony Hiss-analyzing attempts to control growth and preserve the environment-called it "a long-lost classic." This edition includes the 1962 introduction by legendary social critic Lewis Mumford, a close MacKaye associate, and a foreword by p ..."
"Contributing Authors Include Margaret Mead, Sterling Tracy, Bernard W. Dempsey, And Others. A Symposium By Thirty-Five Economists, Sociologists, And Statesmen."
The Golden Day by LewisMumford Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 2018 by Franklin Classics Trade Press 2018-11-10 ISBN-13: 978-0-353-26082-5, ISBN: 0-353-26082-7
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The Golden Day by LewisMumford Hardcover, 290 Pages, Published 2018 by Franklin Classics Trade Press 2018-11-10 ISBN-13: 978-0-353-26083-2, ISBN: 0-353-26083-5
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The Golden Day by LewisMumford Paperback, Published 2018 by Franklin Classics 2018-10-15 ISBN-13: 978-0-343-21837-9, ISBN: 0-343-21837-2
The Golden Day (Paperback Or Softback) by LewisMumford Paperback, 292 Pages, Published 2017 by Andesite Press 2017-08-24 ISBN-13: 978-1-376-16953-9, ISBN: 1-376-16953-3
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Sticks and Stones A Study of American Architecture and Civilization (Classic Reprint) by LewisMumford Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2018 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-0-266-60633-8, ISBN: 0-266-60633-4
"Excerpt from Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and Civilization For a hundred years or so after its settlement, there lived and flourished in America a type Of com munity which was rapidly disappearing in Europe. This community was embodied in villages and towns whose mummified remains even today have a rooted dignity that the most gigantic metropolises do not Often possess. If we would understand the architec ture Of A ..."
The Story of Utopias by LewisMumford Print On Demand, 382 Pages, Published 2018 by Franklin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-342-41059-0, ISBN: 0-342-41059-8
The Golden Day by LewisMumford Hardcover, 290 Pages, Published 2018 by Franklin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-343-21838-6, ISBN: 0-343-21838-0
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The Story of Utopias by LewisMumford Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 2017 by Azafran Books ISBN-13: 978-0-9957279-2-2, ISBN: 0-9957279-2-9
"The Story of Utopias is Lewis Mumford’s first book and is an engaging exploration of the development of the concept of Utopia, by one of the foremost historian and social theorists of the 20th century. Mumford begins with a survey of the major utopias, some well-known, others less so. His survey takes a look at Plato’s Republic, More’s Utopia, Andreæ’s Christanopolis, Bacon’s New Atlantis, Campanella’s City of the Sun, Fourier’s Phalanx ..."
"In the 1970s the relationship between literature and the environment emerged as a topic of serious and widespread interest among writers and scholars. The ideas, debates, and texts that grew out of this period subsequently converged and consolidated into the field now known as ecocriticism.A Century of Early Ecocriticism looks behind these recent developments to a prior generation's ecocritical inclinations. Written between 1864 and 196 ..."
The Story of Utopias by LewisMumford Hardcover, 238 Pages, Published 2017 by Pinnacle Press ISBN-13: 978-1-374-87512-8, ISBN: 1-374-87512-0
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The Story of Utopias by LewisMumford Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 2017 by Pinnacle Press ISBN-13: 978-1-374-87511-1, ISBN: 1-374-87511-2
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