Batteries of Life: On The History Of Things And Their Perception In Modernity by Christoph Asendorf - 1993

University of California Press, 1993-12-23. Hardcover. Good.

University of California Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of California Press, 1993. Volume 4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:9780520065734

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; vi, 248 pp.; illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents; 1. The Body, the Economy, and the World of Things. 1. L'homme machine. 2. Vathek, or Disintegration. 3. German Romanticism: Money and Happiness, or the Eroticism of the World of Things -- 2. From the ""Ego Crystal Forest"" To the Crystal Palace -- 3. Economy and Metamorphosis. Excursus: Grandville, or Laputa in the July Monarchy -- 4. On the Physiognomy of the World of the Commodity and the Machine. 1. The Myth of the Living Machine. 2. The Commodity Spectacle circa 1850. 3. The Collector and His Treasure: ""An Entirely Furtive Private Relationship"" -- 5. Circulation as a Way of Life -- 6. Impressionism. 1. Manet. 2. Degas. 3. Monet. 4. On the Historical Site of the Impressionist Way of Seeing -- 7. Commodities and the… Read More

University of California Press. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!