Modernity and Bourgeois Life

Modernity and Bourgeois Life
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 639
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ISBN-10 : 9781107018105
ISBN-13 : 1107018102
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Book Synopsis Modernity and Bourgeois Life by : Jerrold Seigel

Download or read book Modernity and Bourgeois Life written by Jerrold Seigel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be modern? In the nineteenth century a consensus emerged that Western Europe was giving birth to a new form of life in which bourgeois activities, people, attitudes and values played a key role. Jerrold Seigel offers a magisterial account of the development of European modernity.


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