The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in AmericaFor 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--and continues to give depth to--the area of American studies concerned with the links between scientific and technological advances, and the way society and culture both determine these links. The Machine in the Garden fully 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 new edition is appearing in celebration of the 35th anniversary of Marx's classic text. It features a new afterword by the author on the process of writing this pioneering book, a work that all but founded the discipline now called American Studies. |
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... seem obscure. What possible bearing can the urge to idealize a. * A “cultural symbol" is an image that conveys a special meaning (thought and feeling) to a large number of those who share the culture. 4 THE MACHINE IN THE GARDEN.
... seem obscure. What possible bearing can the urge to idealize a. * A “cultural symbol" is an image that conveys a special meaning (thought and feeling) to a large number of those who share the culture. 4 THE MACHINE IN THE GARDEN.
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... seem to agree that for some time now this tendency to idealize rural ways has been an impediment to clarity of thought and, from their point of view, to social progress. Anyone who shares their assumptions is likely to find this ...
... seem to agree that for some time now this tendency to idealize rural ways has been an impediment to clarity of thought and, from their point of view, to social progress. Anyone who shares their assumptions is likely to find this ...
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... seems this place, and the more so on account of the cornfield rustling at our feet.” He is describing a state of ... seem to unify society, landscape, and mind. What lends most interest, however, to this sense of allencompassing harmony ...
... seems this place, and the more so on account of the cornfield rustling at our feet.” He is describing a state of ... seem to unify society, landscape, and mind. What lends most interest, however, to this sense of allencompassing harmony ...
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... seem to embody its very essence.” And yet it is misleading to think of the basic design of Hawthorne's notes as a product of modern romanticism. When we strip away the topical surface, particularly the imagery of industrialism and ...
... seem to embody its very essence.” And yet it is misleading to think of the basic design of Hawthorne's notes as a product of modern romanticism. When we strip away the topical surface, particularly the imagery of industrialism and ...
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... in the opening lines. Lying at ease under the beech, playing his pipe, Tityrus embodies the pastoral ideal. Here, incidentally, the distinction between the pastoral and primitive ideals may be clarified. Both seem Sleepy Hollow, 1844 21.
... in the opening lines. Lying at ease under the beech, playing his pipe, Tityrus embodies the pastoral ideal. Here, incidentally, the distinction between the pastoral and primitive ideals may be clarified. Both seem Sleepy Hollow, 1844 21.
Contents
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The Garden | 73 |
The Machine | 145 |
Two Kingdoms of Force | 227 |
Epilogue The Garden of Ashes | 354 |
AFTERWORD | 367 |
NOTES | 387 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 407 |
INDEX | 409 |
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The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Leo Marx Limited preview - 2000 |
The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Leo Marx Limited preview - 2000 |
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