Urban Modernity: Cultural Innovation in the Second Industrial Revolution

by Martina Heßler, Robert H. Kargon, Sophie Forgan, et al.

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How Paris, London, Chicago, Berlin, and Tokyo created modernity through science and technology by means of urban planning, international expositions, and museums.

At the close of the nineteenth century, industrialization and urbanization marked the end of the traditional understanding of society as rooted in agriculture. Urban Modernity examines the construction of an urban-centered, industrial-based culture--an entirely new...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262013983

ISBN13:9780262013987

Release Date:May 2010

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Engineering Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences Technology

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