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Book Title: Technological Society
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 1967
Topic: Social Aspects, Sociology / General, History & Theory
Genre: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.2 Oz
Item Length: 6.9 in
Author: Jacques Ellul
Item Width: 4.1 in
Format: Mass Market
