Books by Sophia Rosenfeld
The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
by Sophia Rosenfeld
☆ Shortlisted for the 2025 Cundill History Prize
The Age of Choice is a book by Sophia Rosenfeld, a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. It's an intellectual history of choice, but with a focus on our ordinary activities (chapter one is about shopping) and how our attitudes to choice affect society. We more or less take for granted that more choice is always a good thing, but where did that view of the world originate, and what price do we pay for it?
Interviews where books by Sophia Rosenfeld were recommended
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King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East
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The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
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The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
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The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
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The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
by Sophia Rosenfeld
New History Books
New History Books
It’s a golden age for historical writing, as well-researched and sometimes quite specialist books by historians are written in an engaging style for a broad audience. History books out in recent months range from ancient Assyria to the CIA in the 21st century.
