Tank: The Progress of Monstrous War Machine

Wright, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0670030708 / ISBN 13: 9780670030705

Verlag: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2002, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2002

Beschreibung

Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 499 plus 22 plates and with 14 illustrations in the text. Patrick Wright follows the tank's progress through the twentieth century, relating it to philosophy, art, politics and even necromancy to produce a fascinating cultural history. Clean.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004228

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Tank: The Progress of Monstrous War Machine
• Verlag: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2002, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0670030708
• ISBN-13: 9780670030705
• Einband: Hard Cover
• Auflage: 1st Printing
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Weapons

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

An illuminating foray into the war machine that has dominated military theory and practice throughout the twentieth century explores the tank as a cultural and social object, revealing how the tank became the symbol of technological futurism and inevitable progress, as well as of totalitarian oppression. 17,500 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Patrick Wright is Professor of Modern Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University, U.K. His books include Living in an Old Country, A Journey Through the Ruins, and The Village That Died for England.