The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment by Roy Porter

The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment

Roy Porter

768 pages • first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science informative medium-paced
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From the author of The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award) comes a "sumptuous and spicy volume" (Washington Post Book World) that highlights Britain's long-underestimated and pivotal role in disseminating the i...

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