The Myth of the Machine: Technics and human development
- ISBN-10
- 0151639736
- ISBN-13
- 9780151639731
- Pages
- 342
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1967
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Author
- Lewis Mumford
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