Author: John Ruskin
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Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Author: John Ruskin
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Languages : en
Pages : 259

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Author: John Ruskin
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Pages : 259

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Author: John Ruskin
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ISBN: 9781330637142
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Excerpt from An Introduction to the Writings of John Ruskin The text of the book has been carefully corrected, sentence by sentence, by Buskin's authorized English edition, and it is hoped that few errors will be found. Volumes of selections are poor things at best, yet they too may have their place if they make manifest beauty, suggest wealth of thought, and stimulate the reader to seek the greater intimacy of the writer. Such volumes serve the part of introductions in society: and so this little book would ask to be considered simply as an introduction to a man whose more intimate friendship is a privilege which may well be sought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Vida Dutton Scudder
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Languages : en
Pages : 259

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Author: Vida D. Scudder
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017305760
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Thomas P. Hughes
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022612066X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 237

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To most people, technology has been reduced to computers, consumer goods, and military weapons; we speak of "technological progress" in terms of RAM and CD-ROMs and the flatness of our television screens. In Human-Built World, thankfully, Thomas Hughes restores to technology the conceptual richness and depth it deserves by chronicling the ideas about technology expressed by influential Western thinkers who not only understood its multifaceted character but who also explored its creative potential. Hughes draws on an enormous range of literature, art, and architecture to explore what technology has brought to society and culture, and to explain how we might begin to develop an "ecotechnology" that works with, not against, ecological systems. From the "Creator" model of development of the sixteenth century to the "big science" of the 1940s and 1950s to the architecture of Frank Gehry, Hughes nimbly charts the myriad ways that technology has been woven into the social and cultural fabric of different eras and the promises and problems it has offered. Thomas Jefferson, for instance, optimistically hoped that technology could be combined with nature to create an Edenic environment; Lewis Mumford, two centuries later, warned of the increasing mechanization of American life. Such divergent views, Hughes shows, have existed side by side, demonstrating the fundamental idea that "in its variety, technology is full of contradictions, laden with human folly, saved by occasional benign deeds, and rich with unintended consequences." In Human-Built World, he offers the highly engaging history of these contradictions, follies, and consequences, a history that resurrects technology, rightfully, as more than gadgetry; it is in fact no less than an embodiment of human values.

Author: John Ruskin
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Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: John Ruskin
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 482

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Author: John Ruskin
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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