Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World

Name: Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World
Brand: Penguin
SKU: 9780140250282-G
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By Roy Porter

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For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. Porter certainly acknowledges France's importance, but here makes an overwhelming case for consideringBritain the true home of modernity - a country driven by an exuberance, diversity and power of invention comparable only to twentieth-century America. Porter immerses the reader in a society which, recovering from the horrors of the Civil War and decisively reinvigorated by the revolution of 1688, had emerged as something new and extraordinary - a society unlike any other in the world.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 768
Release Date:: 2001-11-01
Publication Date:: 2001-11-01
Publisher:: Penguin
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 014025028X
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 522 g
Height:: 19.8 cm
Width:: 12.9 cm
Thickness:: 3.2 cm

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