Books by Lewis Mumford

Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, this title explains the origin of the machine age and traces its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the Industrial Revolution.

Originally published in 1957, this volume compares the 20th Century transformation of human life to the revolution which swept early man into the first civilized communities.

Lewis Mumford was the author of more than thirty influential books, many of which expounded his views on the perils of urban sprawl and a society obsessed with "technics." This text provides the essence of Mumford's views on the distinct yet interpenetrating roles of technology and the arts in modern culture.

Charts the astonishing correspondence between these two great thinkers to reveal much about the intellectual culture of the period. Previously unpublished material details their extraordinary personal and professional relationship.

A collection of essays by the respected social commentator on some problems faced by cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Paris, on the architecture of Saarinen, Le Corbusier, and Wright, and on city and highway planning.