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Civilization : a new history of the Western world
- Title
- Civilization : a new history of the Western world / Roger Osborne.
- Author
- Osborne, Roger.
- Publication
- New York : Pegasus Books, c2006.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR CB245 .O775 2006 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
Details
- Description
- xi, 532 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- In the beginning : prehistory and illiterate societies -- A torrent of words : change and custom in classical Greece -- The birth of abstraction : Plato, Aristotle, and the rational mind -- The universal civilization : Rome and the barbarians -- Augustine's vision of Christianity : from rebel sect to universal faith -- Religion as civilization : the establishment of Western Christendom -- Another way of living : the medieval town and communal life -- Art as civilization : wealth, power, and innovation in the Italian Renaissance -- The search for the Christian life : the European Reformation as a new beginning -- Kings, armies, and nations : the rise of the military state -- Us and them : colonization and slavery -- The rational individual : theory and practice in making society -- Enlightenment and revolution : politics and reason in France and America -- Industrialization and nationalism : British dominance and the ideology of freedom -- From rural colonies to industrial continent : the making of modern America -- Towards the abyss : technology, ideology, apocalypse -- The end of civilization : Depression, extremism, and genocide in Europe, America, and Asia -- The post-war world : from social cohesion to global marketplace.
- Call Number
- CB245
- ISBN
- 1933648198
- 9781933648194
- OCLC
- 75428037
- Author
- Osborne, Roger.
- Title
- Civilization : a new history of the Western world / Roger Osborne.
- Imprint
- New York : Pegasus Books, c2006.
- Edition
- 1st Pegasus Book ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- hg cft/wlt
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR CB245 O775 2006