Floyd Dell. Love in the Machine Age : A Psychological Study of the Transition from Patriarchal Society. New York: Octagon Books, 1973.
pp. vii, 428. Bound in blue publisher's cloth binding, with a gilt motif on cover and title and author on spine. Very clean text block. Minor bumping on fore edge side of cover. Overall VERY GOOD.
Love in the Machine Age (1930) by Floyd Dell is a psychological study analyzing the shift from patriarchal society, arguing that industrial progress has outpaced social institutions, leading to modern "mating problems" and personality conflicts. Dell uses psychoanalytic concepts to explore how traditional values clash with new realities, examining marriage, parenting, and youth's sexual mores, while cautioning against mistaking new conventions for true liberation.