{"product_id":"the-roads-to-modernity-paperback-by-gertrude-himmelfarb","title":"The Roads to Modernity Paperback by Gertrude Himmelfarb","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2005-08-09)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e304\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781400077229\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e237.01\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.32 x 13.21 x 1.65\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an elegant, eminently readable work, one of our most distinguished intellectual  historians gives us a brilliant revisionist history. \u003cb\u003eThe Roads to Modernity\u003c\/b\u003e reclaims  the Enlightenment–an extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about human nature,  politics, society, and religion--from historians who have downgraded its importance  and from scholars who have given preeminence to the Enlightenment in France over  concurrent movements in England and America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContrasting the Enlightenments in the  three nations, Himmelfarb demonstrates the primacy and wisdom of the British, exemplified  in such thinkers as Adam Smith, David Hume, and Edmund Burke, as well as the unique  and enduring contributions of the American Founders.  It is their Enlightenments,  she argues, that created a social ethic–humane, compassionate, and realistic–that  still resonates strongly today, in America perhaps even more than in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe  Roads to Modernity\u003c\/b\u003e is a remarkable and illuminating contribution to the history of  ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eGertrude Himmelfarb taught for twenty-three years at Brooklyn College and the Graduate  School of the City University of New York, where she was named Distinguished Professor  of History in 1978. Now Professor Emeritus, she lives with her husband, Irving Kristol,  in Washington, D.C. Her previous books include: \u003ci\u003eThe De-Moralization of Society: From  Victorian Virtues to Modern Values; On Looking into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts  on Culture and Society; Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late  Victorians; The New History and the Old; Marriage and Morals Among the Victorians;  The Idea of Poverty: England in the Early Industrial Age; On Liberty and Liberalism:  The Case of John Stuart Mill; Victorian Minds \u003c\/i\u003e(nominated for a National Book Award)\u003ci\u003e;  Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution; and Lord Acton: A Study in Conscience and Politics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555497037985,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781400077229","price":24.69,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781400077229_a11f5cff-8244-417e-aee1-6d7b9be477c1.jpg?v=1781789766","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-roads-to-modernity-paperback-by-gertrude-himmelfarb","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}