glyph 180: author, scholar, sociologist ... the making of the modern world . the riddle of the modern world ... work of Yukichi Fukuzawa, F.W. Maitland, Baron de Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Thomas Malthus ... how the modern world in which individuals can matter more than groups came into being and how such a world can work ... important for those who intend to strengthen such civilization because it is good for explorers (freeorder)

Alan Macfarlane's ebooks are available for download as pdfs on his website as gifts from the author:

• Yukichi Fukuzawa and the Making of the Modern World (Published originally in 'Making of the Modern World', Palgrave 2002)
• F.W. Maitland and the Making of the Modern World (Published originally in 'Making of the Modern World', Palgrave 2002)
• Baron de Montesquieu and the Making of the Modern World (Published originally in 'Riddle of the Modern World', Macmillan 2000)
• Adam Smith and the Making of the Modern World (Published originally in 'Riddle of the Modern World', Macmillan 2000)
• Alexis de Tocqueville and the Making of the Modern World (Published originally in 'Riddle of the Modern World', Macmillan 2000)
• Thomas Malthus and the Making of the Modern World (Ebook only)

The above ebooks and many others by Alan Macfarlane are available in Kindle and other formats on Amazon Books: Here

https://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/180.html
entered before July 9, 2006; edited/updated August 22, 2026