can't forget this
i've actually used parts of this to frame discussions of modernity/urbanization/industrialization in lit classes that i've taught...i love the Marshall Berman quote it begins with from All That is Solid Melts Into Air
“To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation of ourselves and the world – and, at the same time that threatens to destroy everything we have, everything we know, everything we are.”