The Creation of the Modern World

The Creation of the Modern World
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 776
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ISBN-10 : 0393048721
ISBN-13 : 9780393048728
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Book Synopsis The Creation of the Modern World by : Roy Porter

Download or read book The Creation of the Modern World written by Roy Porter and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a critically acclaimed author comes an engagingly written and groundbreaking new work that highlights the long-underestimated British role in delivering the Enlightenment to the modern world. Porter reveals how the monumental transformation of thinking in Great Britain influenced wider developments elsewhere. of color illustrations.


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