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Pandaemonium 1660-1886
the coming of the machine as seen by contemporary observers.
Humphrey Jennings · 1985 · 400 pages
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About the book
A collective work organized by documentarian Humphrey Jennings, gathering documents, letters, diaries, and fragments of memory from the period of British industrialization (1660-1886). The book builds a vivid mosaic of how ordinary individuals experienced the chaotic transformation of an agrarian society into an industrial one.
More than conventional history, it is a polyphonic kaleidoscope of the human experience during an era of radical change and vertigo, revealing how people interpreted, feared, and adapted to emerging modernity.
Book details
| Author | Humphrey Jennings |
|---|---|
| Original title | Pandaemonium |
| Year of publication | 1985 |
| Pages | 400 |
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