Lineages of early modernization -- Shards of modernity -- Living in the material world -- Reproducing feudalism -- Negative feedbacks -- Recombinant mutations.
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This examination of the social history of modernization investigates the centuries that followed the year 1000, when a new kind of society emerged in Europe. The text highlights both the 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' changes that characterized the social experience of early modernization.