Formations of Modernity
- Policy Press, 1992
- 344
A major introductory textbook offering an account of the important historical processes, institutions and ideas that have shaped the development of modern societies. Preface, Introduction, The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science, The Development of the Modern State, The Emergence of the Economy, Changing Social Structures: Class and Gender, The Cultural Formations of Modern Society, The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power, Acknowledgements, Index.