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Lewis Mumford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian of technology and science. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a tremendously broad ...
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Internationally renowned for his writings on cities, architecture, technology, literature, and modern life, Lewis Mumford was called by Malcolm Cowley, “the last of the great humanists.” His contributions to literary criticism, architectural criticism, American studies, the history of cities, civilization, and...
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Established at the UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY in 1988 to carry out urban research both comparative and historical in scope, the Center honors the tradition of interdisciplinary scholarship established by Lewis Mumford(1895-1990). Copyright © Lewis Mumford Center All Right Reserved...
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27 quotes and quotations by Lewis Mumford...
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Biography of Lewis Mumford (1895 - 1988). Lewis Mumford's contribution to the history of technology is his classic Technics and Civilization (1934). Mumford divided technology into two camps: polytechnic and monotechnic.
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Chronology, list of works, links, and transcripts of annual lecture series from the Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research. Urban planner, historian, sociologist, local advocate, and architectural critic Lewis Mumford is recognized as one of the greatest urbanists of the 20th Century.
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Lewis Mumford spent nearly fifty years writing books on a range of topics, including Technology (which he insisted on calling Technics), Architecture, Towns and Cities, and Social Planning. Lewis Mumford on Time & Power...
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A complete record of the published works of Lewis Mumford, categorized by format. Watercolor, 1922, by Lewis Mumford of London's Crystal Palace, which was destroyed by fire in 1936 Gift of Jane Morley to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania...
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Monmouth University's Lewis Mumford Collection presents a biography, gallery, and his personal research library. The Lewis Mumford Web site is sponsored by Monmouth University and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Lewis Mumford:American architectural critic, urban planner, and historian who analyzed the effects of technology and urbanization on human societies throughout history. Lewis Mumford. (2008). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved July 03,
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