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

Author

Lewis Mumford

Source

The Brown Decades

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Historins Philosopher Writer

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United States

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Citation

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

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Alfred North Whitehead
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Adventures of Ideas
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
1933 1930s 20th century
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Whitehead, Alfred North. Adventures of Ideas. The Macmillan Company/Simon and Schuster, 1933, ch. 20, sec. 5.