The Origins of Modern English Society
Publisher: Routledge
Published: October 18, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780415298902
First sentence: MODERN society in Britain, as in all the 'developed' societies of East and West, stems directly from that 'vast increase of natural resources, labour, capital and enterprise' which began in Britain in the late eighteenth century and, spreading outwards from there like the ripples on a pond, is still in process of transforming the whole world.