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Introduction: An Intimate and Distant Machine
God and Demon, 1790-1910
The Republican Automaton
Humanizing the Industrial Machine
Mechanizing Men
Masters and Slaves? 1910-1945
Symbolizing the Machine Age
Building the Slaves of Tomorrow
Conditioning the Robot's Brain
A War against the Machine Age
Playfellow and Protector, 1945-2019
Preserving American Innocence
The Postindustrial Gift
Cheerful Robots
Epilogue: The American Robot.
God and Demon, 1790-1910
The Republican Automaton
Humanizing the Industrial Machine
Mechanizing Men
Masters and Slaves? 1910-1945
Symbolizing the Machine Age
Building the Slaves of Tomorrow
Conditioning the Robot's Brain
A War against the Machine Age
Playfellow and Protector, 1945-2019
Preserving American Innocence
The Postindustrial Gift
Cheerful Robots
Epilogue: The American Robot.