Sublime dreams of living machines the automaton in the European imagination /

Kang, Minsoo.

Sublime dreams of living machines the automaton in the European imagination / [electronic resource] : Minsoo Kang. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - x, 374 p.

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.

9780674059412 (electronic bk.)




Robotics--Popular works.
Robotics--History.--Europe
Robots in art--History.
Popular culture--History.--Europe


Electronic books.

TJ211.15 / .K36 2011

629.8/92094