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

Lewis Mumford

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Topic

Modern economy Time

Author

Lewis Mumford

Source

Technics and Civilization

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Historins Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

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

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