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What does it mean to live in the modern world? How different is that world from those that preceded it, and when did we become modern? This book argues that the world was made modern not by revolution, industrialization, or the Enlightenment.

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"Commands-and deserves to command-the attention of scholars." -- Martin Hewitt American Historical Review "This is a project of great scope and ambition... [Vernon's] book ought to enthuse, stimulate, provoke." Journal of Modern History

Table of Contents
List of Figures Preface 1 What Is Modernity? 2 A Society of Strangers 3 Governing Strangers 4 Associating with Strangers 5 An Economy of Strangers Conclusion Notes Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 01/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9780520282049, 978-0520282049
      ISBN10: 0520282043
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What does it mean to live in the modern world? How different is that world from those that preceded it, and when did we become modern? This book argues that the world was made modern not by revolution, industrialization, or the Enlightenment.

      Trade Review
      "Commands-and deserves to command-the attention of scholars." -- Martin Hewitt American Historical Review "This is a project of great scope and ambition... [Vernon's] book ought to enthuse, stimulate, provoke." Journal of Modern History

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures Preface 1 What Is Modernity? 2 A Society of Strangers 3 Governing Strangers 4 Associating with Strangers 5 An Economy of Strangers Conclusion Notes Index

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