Leo Marx (1919–2022)

Autor von The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America

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Scholar, writer and educator Leo Marx was educated at Harvard University, where he received a B. A. and a Ph. D. Marx taught at the University of Minnesota, Amherst College, and MIT. The school has also created the Leo Marx Career Development Professorship in the History and Culture of Science and mehr anzeigen Technology to honor his service. Marx's works, such as "The Machine in the Garden," explore the relationship between technology and culture in the past two centuries. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

Beinhaltet die Namen: editor Leo Marx, LEO MARX (EDITOR)

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The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America (1964) 542 Exemplare

Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism (1994) — Herausgeber — 140 Exemplare

Railroad in American Art: Representations of Technological Change (1988) — Herausgeber — 21 Exemplare

The Pilot and the Passenger: Essays on Literature, Technology, and Culture in the United States (1988) 16 Exemplare

Progress: Fact or Illusion? (1996) 8 Exemplare

The Americanness of Walt Whitman. (1960) 5 Exemplare

A VIDA NO CAMPO E A ERA INDUSTRIAL (1976) 1 Exemplar

Progresso: Realidade ou Ilusão? 1 Exemplar

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TriQuarterly 23/24 Winter/Spring 1972 : Literature in revolution (1972) — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare

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Geburtstag: 1919-11-15
Todestag: 2022-03-08
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: New York, New York, USA
Sterbeort: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ausbildung: Harvard University (B.A., History and Literature, 1941)
Harvard University (Ph.D., History of American Civilization, 1950)
Berufe: professor
Organisationen: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amemican Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of… von Merritt Roe Smith

A classic analysis of the inadequacy of technological determinism as an explanation of the historical evolution of technologies and the societies in which they evolve.

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sfj2 | 1 weitere Rezension | Oct 20, 2022 |

Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of… von The MIT Press

I read this book is fits and bursts during lunch during the work week usually. Each chapter is by a different author so it worked out rather well.

All in all the idea of technological determinism is that technology drives history. The invention of the heavy plow changed society in Europe or the invention of the printing press required society to change. While technology adaptation within society does/can change society the overall opinion is that technology itself does not drive change. It is merely one piece at work in the march of change. One reason this is apparent is that every society does not have the same changes when new technologies appear. Some changes that are tied to new technologies do not happen in a society until a significant amount of time has passed. So, technology may be an agent of change but it should only be viewed as a part of the greater picture when one measures the factors that drive societal change.

Overall the book contained some good analysis on the subject but it was somewhat technical in nature. This was not written to appeal to the broad masses.
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Chris_El | 1 weitere Rezension | Mar 19, 2015 |

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