This book is just amazing. The writing is excellent. The command of the material is superb. The examples hold your attention. And the insight into the flux that is modernity is worth every second spent.

This book is just amazing. The writing is excellent. The command of the material is superb. The examples hold your attention. And the insight into the flux that is modernity is worth every second spent.

From a reinterpretation of Karl Marx to an incisive consideration of the impact of Robert Moses on modern urban living, Berman charts the progress of the twentieth-century experience. He concludes that adaptation to continual flux /is/ possible and that therein lies our hope for achieving a truly modern society.