Leo Marx

Professor Emeritus of the Program in Science Technology and Society Leo Marx

Merritt Roe Smith

These 13 essays explore to what extent, and by what means, a society's technology determines its political, social, economic and cultural forms. Karl Marx launched the modern debate on determinism and this book clarifies the debate and carries it forward.

The Dilemma of Technological Determinism

Does Technology Drive History?

Essays discuss the vernacular tradition, the literary view of technology, socialist criticism, and works by Melville, Frost and Twain

Professor Emeritus of the Program in Science Technology and Society Leo Marx

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