From dawn to decadence
500 years of western cultural life : 1500 to the present
1st ed.
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Word Count
219,250 words, Guess
Page Count
877 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL33441M
- ISBN-100060175869
- OCLC Control Number316245041
- OCLC Control Numberfromdawntodecade00jacq
- Library of Congress Control Number99016194
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- Goodreads76715
- LibraryThing2543
Classifications
- DDC940.2
- LCCCB245 .B365 2000
First Sentence
THE MODERN ERA BEGINS, characteristically, with a revolution.
Description
"Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500.". "In this account, Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaissance and Reformation down to the present in the double light of its own time and our pressing concerns. He introduces characters and incidents with his usual literary style and grace, bringing to the fore those that have been forgotten or obscured. His compelling chapters - such as "Puritans as Democrats," "The Monarchs' Revolution," "The Artist Prophet and Jester" - show the recurrent role of great themes throughout the eras."--BOOK JACKET.
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