... the transportation and information networks, second was the managerial revolution that saw large corporations dominate the economy, and lastly he saw the development of a rural to urban move that brought about a change in the way Americans consumed goods. Growing up in a fast changing society made Edison industrious, develop ingenuity; intuition, and ... as a New York Times article stated that Mr. Edison has invented to many things of the most deleterious character. He invented the phonograph, a machine the catches the lightest of whispers of conversation and stores it up, so that any f...

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... is more reason, though, that large-scale industries growth of industry. People would want more "stuff" and houses would need to be built as well as high-rise buildings in urban centers to accommodate the density of people in the cities. All these factors caused a rise in demand for industrial growth were growing. By the middle of the 19th century, the ... he devoted all of his spare time to doing research. He invented many other things, including a vote recorder, a stock quote printer, a carbon telegraph transmitter, and he improved the telegraph-repeating machine that he invented previ...

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... is more reason, though, that large-scale industries growth of industry. People would want more "stuff" and houses would need to be built as well as high-rise buildings in urban centers to accommodate the density of people in the cities. All these factors caused a rise in demand for industrial growth were growing. By the middle of the 19th century, the ... he devoted all of his spare time to doing research. He invented many other things, including a vote recorder, a stock quote printer, a carbon telegraph transmitter, and he improved the telegraph-repeating machine that he invented previ...

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