Modernization Books

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Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.59 — 254,216 ratings — published 1949
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Sister Carrie Sister Carrie (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 41,476 ratings — published 1900
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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 11,433 ratings — published 2016
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Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 60 ratings — published 1945
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Mason & Dixon Mason & Dixon (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 12,262 ratings — published 1997
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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 1,397 ratings — published 1998
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 18,458 ratings — published 1952
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 24,810 ratings — published 2021
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Same Bed Different Dreams Same Bed Different Dreams (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 2,710 ratings — published 2023
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The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1) The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 684,478 ratings — published 2022
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Fathers and Sons Fathers and Sons (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 98,735 ratings — published 1862
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Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 10,304 ratings — published 2020
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Cultural Evolution: People's Motivations are Changing, and Reshaping the World Cultural Evolution: People's Motivations are Changing, and Reshaping the World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.89 — 110 ratings — published
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Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation (World Values Surveys) Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation (World Values Surveys)
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avg rating 4.35 — 23 ratings — published 2013
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The Silent Revolution: Changing Values and Political Styles Among Western Publics (Princeton Legacy Library) The Silent Revolution: Changing Values and Political Styles Among Western Publics (Princeton Legacy Library)
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avg rating 3.65 — 23 ratings — published 1977
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Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.38 — 21 ratings — published 1989
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Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 107 ratings — published 2004
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The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.59 — 827 ratings — published 2020
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Dependent Development: The Alliance of Multinational, State, and Local Capital in Brazil Dependent Development: The Alliance of Multinational, State, and Local Capital in Brazil (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 17 ratings — published 1979
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Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 289 ratings — published 1971
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Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective (Belknap Press S) Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective (Belknap Press S)
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avg rating 4.00 — 34 ratings — published 1962
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The Joys of Motherhood The Joys of Motherhood (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 8,155 ratings — published 1979
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Good Work Good Work (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 141 ratings — published 1979
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Library Binding)
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avg rating 4.37 — 50,329 ratings — published 1973
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Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 5,134 ratings — published 2014
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 56,316 ratings — published 2005
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Insurrecto Insurrecto (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.50 — 1,761 ratings — published 2018
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Whatever Whatever (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 20,669 ratings — published 1994
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Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,528 ratings — published 2022
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 32,585 ratings — published 2018
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The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939–1950 The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939–1950 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 13 ratings — published
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Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 401 ratings — published 2021
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Stuart: A Life Backwards Stuart: A Life Backwards (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 5,092 ratings — published 2005
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Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.07 — 100,539 ratings — published 2017
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When We Cease to Understand the World When We Cease to Understand the World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.11 — 58,521 ratings — published 2020
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STEPPING INTO MAGGIE'S SHOE (S.I.M.S) STEPPING INTO MAGGIE'S SHOE (S.I.M.S)
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avg rating 4.12 — 76 ratings — published
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 12,926 ratings — published 2018
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Sea of Tranquility Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 285,920 ratings — published 2022
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Sessiz Ev Sessiz Ev (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 9,707 ratings — published 1983
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Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 8,985 ratings — published 2017
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 189,043 ratings — published 2018
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Crash Crash (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.59 — 28,688 ratings — published 1973
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A Touch of Darkness (Hades & Persephone, #1) A Touch of Darkness (Hades & Persephone, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 417,888 ratings — published 2019
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Love at first sight: Explicit content Love at first sight: Explicit content (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.96 — 25 ratings — published 2014
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Electric Idol (Dark Olympus, #2) Electric Idol (Dark Olympus, #2)
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avg rating 3.95 — 120,061 ratings — published 2022
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His Name was Death His Name was Death (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 974 ratings — published 1947
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The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4) The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4)
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avg rating 4.57 — 472,573 ratings — published 2013
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The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5) The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)
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avg rating 4.43 — 381,650 ratings — published 2014
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The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3) The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3)
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avg rating 4.47 — 663,043 ratings — published 2012
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“Small wonder our national spirit is husk empty. We have more information but less knowledge. More communication but less community. More goods but less goodwill. More of virtually everything save that which the human spirit requires. So distracted have we become sating this new need or that material appetite, we hardly noticed the departure of happiness”
Randall Robinson, The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks

“Influential scholars since the mid-twentieth century have argued that the essential character of Ottoman modernity was reactive, imitative, defensive, and ultimately defective relative to the presumably more successful modernization projects of Germany, Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and America, where while exemplifying and eventually monopolizing claims to modernity, also brought two world wars, the Holocaust, the nuclear immolation of Japanese cities, and the Cold War, among other worldwide cataclysms.”
Michael Provence, The Last Ottoman Generation and the Making of the Modern Middle East

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