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Civilizing the Machine

by John F. Kasson
$25.00
Civilizing the Machine - Thryft
Civilizing the Machine - Thryft
Civilizing the Machine - Thryft
Civilizing the Machine - Thryft
Civilizing the Machine - Thryft
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Civilizing the Machine

by John F. Kasson
$25.00
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ISBN: 0140044159
Authors: John F. Kasson
Publisher: Penguin Books
Related Collections: History, Sociology

Description

It was in the nineteenth century that industrialization became a fact in American life; it was also in the nineteenth century that Americans sought to realize the pastoral dream. And it is the meeting of the two—the collision of the machine and culture—that John Kasson describes in this most imaginative and invigorating piece of social, cultural, and intellectual history.

Published 1979.

Binding of book is intact. Some foxing, moderate creasing and shelfwear on covers of book. Moderate tanning and foxing on edges of book. Heavy foxing on insides of covers. Annotation in marker on inside of front cover. Annotation in pencil, creasing and several waterstains on inside of back cover. Moderate foxing and slight chipping on certain pages.
 
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.