Formations of Modernity / edited by Stuart Hall and Bram Gieben. - Oxford : Polity in association with Open University, 1992. - 342p. : ill., maps ; 26cm. - Understanding modern societies ; book 1 . - Understanding modern societies ; book 1. .

Includes bibliographies and index.

An examination of the historical processes, institutions and ideas which have shaped 20th-century societies. Its themes include the way in which the political, economic, social and cultural dimensions of modern industrialized societies developed and the historical transition to "modernity".

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