The Triumph of Technique: The Industrialization and Destruction of Rural America
Language: English
Published by Ruskin Press, 2004
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- Title
- The Triumph of Technique: The Industrialization and Destruction of Rural America
- Author
- Wolf, Mr. Robert
- Publisher
- Ruskin Press
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0974182605
- ISBN 13
- 9780974182605
- Illustrator
- Koloc, Ms. Bonnie
The Triumph of Technique is a critique of modernism from the perspective of agriculture. It traces the roots of the contemporary crisis to the rise of the merchant class, the failure to control usury, the unlimited development of techniques in all spheres of life, and the rise of scientism. The result has been the devastation of the American countryside. It is the story of the defeat of Democracy by Money
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It is disquieting, sometimes strident, and always critical of current trends. It deserves widespread distribution. -- Dennis Keeney, Senior Fellow, Institute for Trade and Agriculture Policy; Emeritus Professor, Iowa State University
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