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Authority, liberty, & automatic machinery in early modern Europe
Otto Mayr
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Frontmatter (page N/A)
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Illustrations (page xi)
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Acknowledgments (page xiii)
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Introduction (page xv)
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I Authoritarian Systems (page 1)
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1 The Mechanical Clock, Its Makers and Users (page 3)
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2 The Rise of the Clock Metaphor (page 28)
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3 The Clockwork Universe (page 54)
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4 the Clockwork State (page 102)
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5 The Authoritarian Conception of Order (page 115)
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6 Rejection of the Clock Metaphor in the Name of Liberty (page 122)
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II Liberal Systems (page 137)
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7 Imagery of Balance and Equilibrium (page 139)
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8 Attraction and Repulsion (page 148)
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9 Self-balancing Political Systems (page 155)
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10 Self-regulation in Economic Thought (page 164)
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11 Self-regulation and the Liberal Conception of Order (page 181)
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12 Self-regulating Mechanisms in Practical Technology (page 190)
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Notes (page 201)
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Illustration Credits (page 259)
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Index (page 261)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JMH | 61.3 (Sep. 1989): 569-571 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2801%28198909%2961%3A3%3C569%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A |
AHR | 93.1 (Feb. 1988): 136-137 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198802%2993%3A1%3C136%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7 |
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Published: 1989
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- 9780801828430 (hardcover)
- 9780801839399 (paper)