From dawn to decadence : 500 years of western cultural life : 1500 to the present

From dawn to decadence 500 years of western cultural life : 1500 to the present

Jacques Barzun, 1907-2012

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Subjects
Civilization, Western.
Learning and scholarship > History.
Europe > Intellectual life.
Europe > Civilization.
Published
New York : HarperCollins [2001]
Language
English
Main Author
Jacques Barzun, 1907-2012 (-)
Edition
First Perennial edition
Physical Description
xxii, 877 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [803]-828) and indexes.
ISBN
9780060928834
  • Preface
  • Author's Note
  • Prologue: From Current Concerns to the Subject of This Book
  • Part I. From Luther's Ninety-five Theses to Boyle's "Invisible College"
  • Part II. From the Bog and Sand of Versailles to the Tennis Court
  • Part III. From Faust, Part I, to the "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2"
  • Part IV. From "The Great Illusion" to "Western Civ Has Got to Go"
  • Reference Notes
  • Index of Persons
  • Index of Subjects

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