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Enlightenment : Britain and the creation of the modern world

Paperback • 2001 • English

Enlightenment : Britain and the creation of the modern world

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 decis...Show more

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9780140250282

Publisher

London : Penguin Books

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

Enlightenment : Britain and the creation of the modern world

Format

Paperback

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