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Urban modernity : cultural innovation in the Second Industrial Revolution /

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At the close of the 19th century, industrialization and urbanization marked the end of the traditional understanding of society as rooted in agriculture. This book examines the construction of an urban-centred, industrial-based culture - an entirely new social reality based on science and technology...

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Other Authors: Levin, Miriam R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Urbanization > History.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > History.
Industrialization > History.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology
HUMANITIES/History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:At the close of the 19th century, industrialization and urbanization marked the end of the traditional understanding of society as rooted in agriculture. This book examines the construction of an urban-centred, industrial-based culture - an entirely new social reality based on science and technology.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780262265935
0262265931
1282638238
9781282638235
0262013983
9780262013987
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262013987.001.0001