Chandra Mukerji is known among students and scholars of culture as one of the titans of the field, primarily because she crosses intellectual and disciplinary boundaries with ease, and also because she has written so many prize-winning books that have astonished colleagues for their range and original insight. She has won the American Sociological Association’s distinguished book award, the Merton Award from the SKAT section of the ASA, and the Douglas prize from the Culture section, all for different publications, but each examining important historical examples of how materiality shapes social life. In tandem with her scholarly publications, she also teaches a broad array of courses at University of California, San Diego to undergraduates – where she encourages students to "theorize about culture" --examining material, social, and organizational forms in original ways.

• PrefacePart IChapter One: MODERN SELVES and FASHIONChapter Two: COMMUNITIES OF STRANGERS and MODERN INFRASTRUCTUREChapter Three: CULTURAL IMAGINARIES and MODERN STATESChapter Four: LIBERAL and INDUSTRIAL MODERNITYPart IIChapter Five: RACE and GEOPOLITICSChapter Six: GENDER and POLITICAL ECONOMYChapter Seven: THE MODERN CHILDPart IIIChapter Eight: DIGITAL GAMES and PATHS through MODERN LIFEChapter Nine: PHILOSOPHICAL MACHINERY and FILM Chapter Ten: ESCAPE ROUTESAppendicesBibliographyIndex

Chandra Mukerji is known among students and scholars of culture as one of the titans of the field, primarily because she crosses intellectual and disciplinary boundaries with ease, and also because she has written so many prize-winning books that have astonished colleagues for their range and original insight. She has won the American Sociological Association’s distinguished book award, the Merton Award from the SKAT section of the ASA, and the Douglas prize from the Culture section, all for different publications, but each examining important historical examples of how materiality shapes social life. In tandem with her scholarly publications, she also teaches a broad array of courses at University of California, San Diego to undergraduates – where she encourages students to "theorize about culture" --examining material, social, and organizational forms in original ways.

• PrefacePart IChapter One: MODERN SELVES and FASHIONChapter Two: COMMUNITIES OF STRANGERS and MODERN INFRASTRUCTUREChapter Three: CULTURAL IMAGINARIES and MODERN STATESChapter Four: LIBERAL and INDUSTRIAL MODERNITYPart IIChapter Five: RACE and GEOPOLITICSChapter Six: GENDER and POLITICAL ECONOMYChapter Seven: THE MODERN CHILDPart IIIChapter Eight: DIGITAL GAMES and PATHS through MODERN LIFEChapter Nine: PHILOSOPHICAL MACHINERY and FILM Chapter Ten: ESCAPE ROUTESAppendicesBibliographyIndex

Chandra Mukerji is known among students and scholars of culture as one of the titans of the field, primarily because she crosses intellectual and disciplinary boundaries with ease, and also because she has written so many prize-winning books that have astonished colleagues for their range and original insight. She has won the American Sociological Association’s distinguished book award, the Merton Award from the SKAT section of the ASA, and the Douglas prize from the Culture section, all for different publications, but each examining important historical examples of how materiality shapes social life. In tandem with her scholarly publications, she also teaches a broad array of courses at University of California, San Diego to undergraduates – where she encourages students to "theorize about culture" --examining material, social, and organizational forms in original ways.

• PrefacePart IChapter One: MODERN SELVES and FASHIONChapter Two: COMMUNITIES OF STRANGERS and MODERN INFRASTRUCTUREChapter Three: CULTURAL IMAGINARIES and MODERN STATESChapter Four: LIBERAL and INDUSTRIAL MODERNITYPart IIChapter Five: RACE and GEOPOLITICSChapter Six: GENDER and POLITICAL ECONOMYChapter Seven: THE MODERN CHILDPart IIIChapter Eight: DIGITAL GAMES and PATHS through MODERN LIFEChapter Nine: PHILOSOPHICAL MACHINERY and FILM Chapter Ten: ESCAPE ROUTESAppendicesBibliographyIndex