The Machine in the Garden Pt. III

Nuclear Barbarians

English - November 30, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 45 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
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John and I are back with our third installment of our reading series on The Machine in the Garden by Leo Marx.

This chapter is all about “the machine” as a symbol in American life and letters. We talk about obscure figures like the Pennsylvanian manufacturer Tench Coxe, Thomas Carlyle’s “Signs of the Times,” the Newtonian reconciliation of art and nature, 19th century machine boosterism, and more!

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