Leo Marx - Wikipedia Leo Marx From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Leo Marx (born November 15, 1919) is a Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He is known for his works in the field of American studies. Dr Marx studies the relationship between technology and culture in 19th and 20th century America.[2][3] He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in history and literature and a PhD in the history of American civilization in 1950. Marx was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1961 and 1965.[4] Marx turned 100 in November 2019.[5] His intellectual work is associated with John William Ward. Contents 1 Works 2 Further reading 3 See also 4 References Works[edit] Marx, Leo (1964). The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. New York: Oxford University Press.[6] Marx, Leo (1989). The Pilot and the Passenger: Essays on Literature, Technology, and Culture in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195048766. Marx, Leo; Smith, Merritt R. (1994). Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262691673. Marx, Leo; Mazlish, Bruce (1998). Progress: Fact or Illusion. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472085095. Marx, Leo; Conway, Jill; Keniston, Kenneth (1999). Earth, Air, Fire, Water: Humanistic Studies of the Environment. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9781558492219. Marx, Leo (December 2003). "Believing in America; An intellectual project and a national ideal". Boston Review. Retrieved September 28, 2019. Marx, Leo (June 24, 1999). "The Struggle Over Thoreau". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved September 28, 2019. Buell, Lawrence; Marx, Leo (December 2, 1999). "An Exchange on Thoreau". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved September 28, 2019. Marx, Leo (January 1987). "Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?" (PDF). Technology Review: 33–41. Retrieved September 28, 2019. Marx, Leo (Autumn 1953). "Mr. Eliot, Mr. Trilling, and Huckleberry Finn". The American Scholar. 22 (4): 423–440. Retrieved September 28, 2019. Marx, Leo (Spring 2008). "The Idea of Nature in America" (PDF). Daedalus: 8–21. Retrieved September 28, 2019. Further reading[edit] John William Ward. 1955 Andrew Jackson, Symbol for an Age. New York: Oxford University Press. John William Ward. 1969 Red, White, and Blue: Men, Books, and Ideas in American Culture . New York: Oxford University Press Ward, David C. 2004 Charles Willson Peale: Art and Selfhood in the Early Republic Berkley, California : University of California Press (John William Ward son's book, who went on to become Senior Historian at the National Portrait Gallery[8]) Lewis, R. W. B. 1955. The American Adam; Innocence, Tragedy, and Tradition in the Nineteenth Century. [Chicago]: University of Chicago Press. Smith, Henry Nash. 1950. Virgin Land; the American West as Symbol and Myth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Matthiessen, F. O. 1949. American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman. Harvard, Boston Meyers, Marvin 1957 The Jacksonian Persuasion: Politics and Belief Stanford Press, California Hofstadter, Richard. 1955. The Age of Reform: from Bryan to F.D.R. See also[edit] American studies Cultural studies Progress Technological progress F. Scott Fitzgerald References[edit] ^ "Leo Marx". STS Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved September 28, 2019. ^ Marx, Leo (July 2010). "Technology The Emergence of a Hazardous Concept" (PDF). Technology and Culture. 51 (3): 561–577. doi:10.1353/tech.2010.0009. Retrieved September 28, 2019. ^ Sacasas, L.M. (February 14, 2014). "Leo Marx What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Technology?". The Frailest Thing. Retrieved September 28, 2019. ^ "Leo Marx". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved September 28, 2019. ^ Celebrating Leo Marx on his 100th birthday ^ Meikle, Jeffrey L (January 2003). "Review: Leo Marx's The Machine in the Garden". Technology and Culture. 44 (1): 147–159. doi:10.1353/tech.2003.0036. JSTOR 25148061. v t e Leonardo da Vinci Medal 1962–1982 1962: Robert James Forbes 1963: Abbott Payson Usher 1964: Lynn T. White, Jr. 1965: Maurice Daumas 1966: Cyril Stanley Smith 1967: Melvin Kranzberg 1968: Joseph Needham 1969: Lewis Mumford 1970: Bertrand Gille 1971: A. G. Drachmann 1972: Ladislao Reti 1973: Carl W. Condit 1974: Bern Dibner 1975: Friedrich Klemm 1976: Derek J. de Solla Price 1977: Eugene S. Ferguson 1978: Torsten Althin 1979: John U. Nef 1980: John Bell Rae 1981: Donald S. L. Cardwell 1982 not awarded 1983–1999 1983: Louis C. Hunter 1984: Brooke Hindle 1985: Thomas P. Hughes 1986: Hugh G. J. Aitken 1987: Robert P. Multhauf 1988: Sidney M. Edelstein 1989: R. Angus Buchanan 1990: Edwin Layton, Jr. 1991: Carroll W. Pursell 1992: Otto Mayr 1993: W. David Lewis 1994: Merritt Roe Smith 1995: Bruce Sinclair 1996: Nathan Rosenberg 1997: Ruth Schwartz Cowan 1998: Walter G. Vincenti 1999 not awarded 2000- 2000: Silvio A. Bedini 2001: Robert C. Post 2002: Leo Marx 2003: Bart Hacker 2004: David Landes 2005: David E. Nye 2006: Eric H. Robinson 2007: David A. Hounshell 2008: Joel A. Tarr 2009: Susan J. Douglas 2010: Svante Lindqvist 2011: John M. Staudenmaier 2012: Wiebe Bijker 2013: Rosalind Williams 2014: Pamela O. Long 2015: Johan Schot 2016: Ronald R. 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