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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458410703321

Autore

Evans Mary <1946->

Titolo

A short history of society [[electronic resource] /] / Mary Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : Open University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-281-12924-0

9786611129248

0-335-22972-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Disciplina

306.09

Soggetti

Social history

Sociology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 The Making of the Modern; Chapter 2 Reason, Revolution and Reaction; Chapter 3 The Technological Revolution; Chapter 4 Contested Modernity; Chapter 5 What Happened in History; Notes and References; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Presents an account of the emergence of modern western society. This book looks at how successive generations have understood and explained the world in which they lived, and examines significant events since the Enlightenment that have led to the development of society. It discusses the social world in terms of both its politics and its culture.