Modernity and bourgeois life: society, politics, and culture in England, France and Germany since 1750

1. Introduction: ends and means

Part I. Contours of Modernity: 2. Precocious integration: England; 3. Monarchical centralization, privilege, and conflict: France; 4. Localism, state-building, and bürgerliche gesellschaft: Germany; 5. Modern industry, class, and party politics in nineteenth-century England; 6. France and bourgeois France: from teleocracy to autonomy; 7. One special path: modern industry, politics, and bourgeois life in Germany

Part II. Calculations and Lifeworlds: 8. Time, money, capital; 9. Men and women; 10. Bourgeois morals: from Victorianism to modern sexuality; 11. Jews as bourgeois and network people

Part III. A Culture of Means: 12. Public places, private spaces; 13. Bourgeois and others; 14. Bourgeois life and the avant-garde; 15. Conclusion.