num_pages: 506
description: In this concluding volume of The Myth of the Machine, Mumford brings to a head his radical revisions of the stale popular conceptions of human &amp; technological progress. Far from being an attack on science &amp; technics, The Pentagon of Power seeks to establish a more organic social order based on technological resources. With index &amp; photographs.
language: English
title: The Pentagon of Power
titlecomplete: The Pentagon of Power (Myth of the Machine, Vol 2)
genres: Anthropology, Theory, Technology, Politics, Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction, World History, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 174
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (NY)