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From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Prese- hardcover, Jacques Barzun, 0060175869
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- Artist
- Barzun, Jacques
- ISBN
- 0060175869
- Book Title
- From Dawn to Decadence : 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.9in
- Genre
- Education, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Civilization, Europe / Western, Sociology / General, General, World, Europe / General
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 49.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 896 Pages
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"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.
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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
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, Europe / Western, Sociology / General, General, World, Europe / General
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Education, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
896 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.9in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
49.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Cb245.B365 2000
Copyright Date
2000
Lccn
99-016194
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Trade
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