Enlightenment - Britain and the Creation of the Modern World

Informationen zum Autor Roy Porter is Professor in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. Klappentext Roy Porter is Professor in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. Zusammenfassung 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. This work makes a case for considering Britain the true home of modernity - a country driven by an exuberance, diversity and power of invention comparable only to twentieth-century America.

Product details

• Authors: Roy Porter
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780140250282
• ISBN: 978-0-14-025028-2
• No. of pages: 727
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United Kingdom, Great Britain, C 1700 To C 1800