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The Machine Age [1] [2] [3] is an era that includes the early-to-mid 20th century, sometimes also including the late 19th century. An approximate dating would be about 1880 to 1945.
Sep 21, 1986 · As is demonstrated by the richly documented exhibition ''The Machine Age in America 1918-1941,'' opening Oct. 17 at the Brooklyn Museum (as well as by the accompanying book published by Harry N....
May 20, 2013 · “The Machine Age,” an essay written for The New York Times by Norbert Wiener, a visionary mathematician, languished for six decades in the M.I.T. archives, and now excerpts are being...
Apr 28, 2024 · The Machine Age is an age of technological glory, rapid social change, and unbridled ambition… But in the depths of space, a danger unlike any encountered before is about to emerge, a looming threat that will throw the very meaning of life into question.
Everyone, it seemed, had an opinion on the Machine Age. Here we sample the observations of industrialists, engineers, economists, clergymen, novelists, a dramatist, a humorist, and others who mused on the consequences for man of his precocious and unpredictable offspring, the machine.
How did modernism respond to the technological innovations of the Machine Age? This article explores the impact of the second industrial revolution, electricity, sound and image on modernist literature.
Mar 21, 2024 · Robert Skidelsky's book explores the impact of technology on work, society and politics, and argues that progress turns utopias into dystopias. The reviewer praises the book's scope and clarity, but criticizes its cursory treatment of some topics and its lack of new insights.
