This is the devastating book which first established Marshall McLuhan's reputation as the foremost (and the wittiest) critic of modern mass communications. The Mechanical Bride is vintage McLuhan -- so aptly illustrated by dozens of examples from ads, comic strips, columnists, etc., that those who were stung by McLuhan were hard put for rebuttals. It shows how sex was first used to sell industrial hardware, how Orphan Annie still keeps the world on track, and how an Arabian Nights wonderland of mass entertainment and ...
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This is the devastating book which first established Marshall McLuhan's reputation as the foremost (and the wittiest) critic of modern mass communications. The Mechanical Bride is vintage McLuhan -- so aptly illustrated by dozens of examples from ads, comic strips, columnists, etc., that those who were stung by McLuhan were hard put for rebuttals. It shows how sex was first used to sell industrial hardware, how Orphan Annie still keeps the world on track, and how an Arabian Nights wonderland of mass entertainment and suggestion makes information irrelevant, and sends us to bed at night too dazed to question whether we're happy or not. We live in an age in which legions of highly educated professionals dedicate themselves to the task of getting inside the collective public mind with the object of manipulating, exploiting and controlling.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 950grams, ISBN: 0710028725.
Add this copy of The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man to cart. $70.00, fair condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Vanguard Press.
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Fair. Size: 10x8x0; [Interesting provenance, previously owned by Larry McMurtry. ] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Poor binding. Boards splitting from text block. Tears to spine with loss. Signature of McMurtry (1965) on front end page. Sold with all faults. 157 p., illustrations, 28 cm. Larry McMurtry was a prolific novelist and screenwriter who demythologized the American West with his unromantic depictions of life on the 19th-century frontier and in contemporary small-town Texas.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($12.50 price intact). Published by Vanguard Press, 1957. Quarto. Black boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear, edgewear and small tears. Book placed in custom acetate protector. A nice copy of this book of philosophical musings by writer, Marshall McLuhan. 157 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Quarto. 157pp. Heavily illustrated in black and white. Binding slightly cocked with moderate wear including some very shallow abrasions, endleaves with a tiny bit of foxing and lower gutter with a tiny hole but sound, very good in a toned, good only dust jacket with shallow loss and short tears at the edges and folds, and light soiling on the lower panel.
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