From dawn to decadence :500 years of Western cultural life, 1500 to the present
Main Author: | Barzun, Jacques, 1907- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
HarperCollins,
c2000.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Physical Description: |
877 p. |
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ISBN: |
0060175869 |
Author Notes: |
He was a historian and cultural critic. The core of his work was the importance of studying history to understand the present and a fundamental respect for intellect. Although he wrote on subjects as diverse as detective fiction and baseball, he was especially known for his many books on music, nineteenth-century romanticism and education. His works include Darwin, Marx and Wagner: Critique of a Heritage; Romanticism and the Modern Ego; The House of Intellect; Race: A Study in Superstition; Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers; A Stroll with William James; The Culture We Deserve; and From Dawn to Decadence. He died on October 25, 2012 at the age of 104. (Bowker Author Biography) |