Sublime dreams of living machines [electronic resource] : the automaton in the European imagination / Minsoo Kang.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.Description: x, 374 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 629.8/92094 22
- TJ211.15 .K36 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The power of the automaton -- The talking head and the list of wonders -- The man-machine in the world-machine, 1637-1748 -- From the man-machine to the automaton-man, 1748-1793 -- The uncanny automaton, 1789-1833 -- The living machines of the industrial age, 1833-1914 -- The revolt of the robots, 1914-1935.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.