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Lewis Mumford

Mumford's *The Myth of the Machine* was published in 1967 and 1970. Mumford's *Technics and Civilization* was published in 19342.

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Mumford's *The Myth of the Machine* was published in 1967 and 1970

Mumford's *Technics and Civilization* was published in 1934

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“Mumford's *Technics and Civilization* (1934)”
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"McLuhan returned the dismissal"
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"Mumford was hostile to McLuhan, calling him a sophistic provocateur"
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