Notes on the Underground

April 1992
279 pp., 17 illus.
(PAPER)
Trade

ISBN-10:
0-262-73098-7
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-73098-3

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Notes on the Underground
An Essay on Technology, Society, and the Imagination
Rosalind Williams

The underground has always played a prominent role in human imaginings, both as a place of refuge and as a source of fear. In a work that masterfully combines the study of technology and the study of literature, Rosalind Williams argues that the subterranean environment has become a model for a future dominated by technology.

Rosalind Williams is Associate Professor in the Writing Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

About the Author

Rosalind Williams is Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology in MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society. She is the author of Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change (MIT Press, 2002).

"What are the consequences when human beings dwell in an environment that is predominantly built rather than given?' An uncommonly astute and provocative array of answers are examined through the metaphor of living underground, literally and in literature.... A spellbinder."
—J. Baldwin, Whole Earth Review

"Williams has written a book that is clear and enjoyable ..... Notes on the Underground's moral imperative not only makes for fascinating criticism, but also encourages a rethinking of our ecological priorities. "
—John Miller, Artforum

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