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Condition
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Release Year
2000
ISBN
9780060175863
Book Title
From Dawn to Decadence : 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
9.2 in
Publication Year
2000
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.9 in
Author
Jacques Barzun
Genre
Social Science, Education, History
Topic
Civilization, Sociology / General, Europe / Western, Modern / 20th Century, General, World, Europe / General
Item Weight
49.1 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
896 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060175869
ISBN-13
9780060175863
eBay Product ID (ePID)
925050

Product Key Features

Book Title
From Dawn to Decadence : 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present
Number of Pages
896 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, Sociology / General, Europe / Western, Modern / 20th Century, General, World, Europe / General
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Social Science, Education, History
Author
Jacques Barzun
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
49.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-016194
CLASSIFICATION_METADATA
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Synopsis
"A stunning five-century study of civilization's cultural retreat." -- William Safire, New York Times Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. 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 unusual 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," and "The Artist Prophet and Jester"--show the recurrent role of great themes throughout the era. The triumphs and defeats of five hundred years form an inspiring saga that modifies the current impression of one long tale of oppression by white European males. Women and their deeds are prominent, and freedom (even in sexual matters) is not an invention of the last decades. And when Barzun rates the present not as a culmination but a decline, he is in no way a prophet of doom. Instead, he shows decadence as the normal close of great periods and a necessary condition of the creative novelty that will burst forth--tomorrow or the next day. Only after a lifetime of separate studies covering a broad territory could a writer create with such ease the synthesis displayed in this magnificent volume.
LC Classification Number
CB245.B365 2000
ebay_catalog_id
4
Copyright Date
2000

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