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