Understanding McLuhan/Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso/pc/mcluhan.dxr/08959_Field_TCGG T724.txt

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disposing men to the uniform, repeatable patterns of
association:

          The putting forth of nationalist doctrines was one
     of the mental exercises of the eighteenth century.
     Primarily it was the work of intellectuals and an
     expression of current intellectual interests and
     tendencies. But what has chiefly enabled nationalist
     doctrines, once put forth, to take hold of the masses of
     mankind since then, has been a marvellous improvement
     in the mechanical arts, an improvement which is
     nowadays termed the Industrial Revolution—the invention
     of labor-saving machinery, the perfecting of the steam
     engine and other motive devices, the extensive use of coal
     and iron, the mass production of commodities, and the
     speeding up of transportation and communication. This