Lineages of Modernity"To the study of the United States, the Soviet Union and France, Emmanuel Todd has brought a unique combination of empirical rigour and humanist insight. Now, in Lineages of Modernity, this great thinker has found his greatest subject." Michael Lind, author of Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States "Emmanuel Todd provides intellectual nourishment of the first order. His family based, anthropological historical account uncovers