"The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America is a 1964 work of literary criticism written by Leo Marx and published by Oxford University Press. The title of the book refers to a trope in American literature representing the interruption of pastoral scenery by technology due to the industrialization of America during the 19th and 20th century."@en . "The Machine in the Garden"@en . . . "419263" . . "0195007387" . "E169.1 .M35 2000" .