THE MODERN ERA BEGINS, characteristically, with a revolution.
An edition of From Dawn to Decadence
(2000)
From dawn to decadence
500 years of western cultural life : 1500 to the present
1st ed.
by Jacques Barzun, Jacques Barzun, and Edward Lewis
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"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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Europe, intellectual life, Europe, civilization, Civilization, History, Intellectual life, Intellectual life., Learning and scholarship, Western Civilization, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Civilization, western, history, New York Times reviewed, Cultural studies, History of europe, Civilization, western, Learning and scholarship--history, Civilization--history, Western world--history, Cb245 .b365 2000, Cb245 b296f 2000, 940.2, Cultuurgeschiedenis, Civilização ocidental (história;cultura), Intelectualidade (história)Places
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From dawn to decadence: 500 years of western cultural life : 1500 to the present
2000, HarperCollins
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2001, HarperCollins, Harper Perennial
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [803]-828) and indexes.
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