All That Is Solid Melts Into Air

Marshall Berman's "All That Is Solid Melts Into Air" is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest books on modernity. A kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, it dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture.

Review: Praise for All That Is Solid Melts Into Air The imaginative range, intellectual force and infectious generosity of this book are what place it incontestably in the gallery of canonical texts.A" Mica Nava, Times Higher Education Supplement A bubbling cauldron of ideas.A" New Statesman A wonderful book ... generous, exuberant and dazzling.A" John Leonard, New York Times Berman lights up every text he examines.A" Newsweek