The rise of modern society : aspects of the social and political development of the West
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The rise of modern society : aspects of the social and political development of the West
B. Blackwell, 1988
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
What is the sociological theory of industrialism? How far do the actual histories and practices of industrial societies fit this theory? The studies in this volume examine many of the economic, social, political and cultural changes caused by the industrialization of society. They look at continuities and discontinuities through pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial societies before considering particular aspects: for example, the shortcomings of the Marxist theory of class are highlighted by their application to nineteenth-century English society; the theory of revolution is examined for its relevance to the conditions of advanced industrial societies; the changing meanings and changing practices of work and employment are traced; and the current problems of Britain are used to point the way to the future of other societies. These essays, by a noted social theorist, should be of value to those concerned with the history and future of modern society.
Table of Contents
- Part I: Continuities and Discontinuities
- 1.Modernization and Industrialization
- Pre-Capitalist and Non-Capitalist Factors in the Development of Capitalism: Fred Hirsch and Joseph Schumpeter
- 3. Continuities and Discontinuities in the Development of Industrial Societies
- 4. The Industrializing and the Post-Industrial Worlds: on Development and Futurology
- 5. The Limits and Capacities of Industrial Society
- Part II: Politics, Work and Society
- 6. Class and Political Action in Nineteenth-Century England
- 7. Twentieth Century Revolutions in Historical Perspective
- 8. Can the Workers Be Revolutionary?
- 9. The Social Culture of Work
- 10. Unemployment in the Development of Industrial Societies: The English Experience
- 11. Thoughts on the Present Discontents in Britain.
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