All That is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity

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2010
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Marshall Berman's All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest books on modernity. A kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, it dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture.

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Marshall Berman's All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest books on modernity. A kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, it dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 420
Publisher: Verso
Published: 21 Jun 2010
ISBN 10: 1844676447
ISBN 13: 9781844676446

Media Reviews

Praise for All That Is Solid Melts Into Air The imaginative range, intellectual force and infectious generosity of this book are what place it incontestably in the gallery of canonical texts.A Mica Nava, Times Higher Education Supplement A bubbling cauldron of ideas.A New Statesman A wonderful book ... generous, exuberant and dazzling.A John Leonard, New York Times Berman lights up every text he examines.A Newsweek

Author Bio

Marshall Berman is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. He writes frequently for The Nation and The Village Voice, and serves on the editorial board of Dissent. His books include Adventures in Marxism, The Politics of Authenticity and, most recently, On the Town, all from Verso.