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Men, Machines, and Modern Times
Elting E. Morison · 1966 · 262 pages
Offers an entertaining series of historical accounts taken from the nineteenth century to highlight a main theme: the nature of technological change, the fission brought about in society by such change, and society's reaction to that change.
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