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

Lewis Mumford

1931

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Changing of generations Grandparents Fathers and sons

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Historical literature

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1931

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Lewis Mumford

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

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