Lewis Mumford

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Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Lewis Mumford

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Changing of generations Grandparents Fathers and sons

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Lewis Mumford

Source

The Brown Decades

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

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Mumford, Lewis. The Brown Decades: A Study of the Arts in America. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931.

The clock, not the steam-engine, is the key-machine of the modern industrial age.

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Modern economy Time

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Lewis Mumford

Source

Technics and Civilization

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Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

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Mumford, Lewis. Technics and Civilization. Harcourt, Brace and Company/Routledge, 1934, ch. 1, sect. 2.

For over against the convenience of instantaneous communication is the fact that the great economical abstractions of writing, reading, and drawing, the media of reflective thought and deliberate action, will be weakened.

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Communication Technological progress Medium is the message

Author

Lewis Mumford

Source

Technics and Civilization

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Mumford, Lewis. Technics and Civilization. Harcourt, Brace and Company/Routledge, 1934, ch. 5, sect. 7.