The Machine in the Garden
Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America
ISBN13: 9780195133516ISBN10: 019513351X
Paperback,
430 pages
Dec 1999,
In Stock
Price:
$19.95 (01)Description
For over four decades, Leo Marx's work has focused on the relationship between technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. His research helped to define the area of American studies concerned with the connections between scientific and technological advances, and the way society and culture both shape these changes. The Machine in the Garden examines the difference between the "pastoral" and "progressive" ideals which characterized early 19th-century American culture, and which ultimately evolved into the basis for much of the environmental and nuclear debates of contemporary society.This special edition celebrates the thirty-fifth anniversary of Marx's classic text, and features a new afterword by the author on the process of writing this book.
Reviews
Praise for the previous edition: "An exciting book, exemplifying studies in American culture at their best."--Hennig Cohen, Saturday Review
"The thesis of this impressive book is important, and Professor Marx has found a wealth of material to support it."--American Historical Review
"This is an important contribution to our understanding of some of the enigmas and conflicts at work in the American imagination, particularly in the nineteenth century."--Tony Tanner, Encounter
About the Author(s)
Leo Marx is Professor Emeritus of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
