Leo Marx is a professor

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 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 and an author

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 known for his works in the field of American studies

American studies

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. Marx's work in American studies examines the relationship between technology

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 and culture

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 in 19th and 20th century America

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. He graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in History and Literature, and with his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization in 1950.

• The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America (1964)
• The Pilot and the Passenger: Essays on Literature, Technology, and Society in America (1988)
• Does Technology Drive History?: The Dilemma of Technological Determinism (1994)

External links

• Leo Marx faculty page at MIT