The Human Motor by Rabinbach, Anson

New York: Basic Books, 1990. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xii, 402pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Light rubbing and toning to edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Science once had an unshakable faith in its ability to bring the forces of nature even human nature under control. In this wide-ranging book Anson Rabinbach examines how developments in physics, biology, medicine, psychology, politics, and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor. From nineteenth-century theories of thermodynamics and political economy to the twentieth-century ideals of Taylorism and Fordism, Rabinbach demonstrates how the utopian obsession with energy and fatigue shaped social thought across the ideological spectrum.(Publisher).

Basic Books, 1990-11. Hardcover. Good.

Good. 0465031307 . 402 pages. With illustrations. Dustjacket in removable plastic protective cover. With library stamps and labels. Slight wear to spine, covers, corners and dustjacket. .

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S.l.: Basic Books, 1990. Halfcloth with illustrated dustjacket. XII, 402 pp. ills. -(dustjacket with hardly any signs of use, otherwise in excellent condition) ISBN 9780465031306.

Basic Books, 1990-12-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!