Cult of Progress: First Contact / the Cult of Progress (Civilisations)

Profile Books, 2018-03-29. 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.. Hardcover. F/VG+/ND. Box 29 HARDBACK ""HISTORY OF CIVILISATION,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date: 2008.* Pub: Profile Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark indigo blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs. Minor age and wear to top & bottom edges and to head and tail of spine, some minor marks to both boards, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minor reading wear, coloured end papers, (yellow), no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. No age or toning to edges. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w & colour photos within text.* Pages: 270 pp. text. xxxiv pp. Afterword, notes, timeline, acknowledgements, list of illustrations, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: First Contact/ the Cult of Progress (Civilisations). Companion to the major new BBC documentary series CIVILISATIONS, presented by Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon Schama. Oscar Wilde said 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations. In Part One, First Contact, we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when civilisations encountered each other for the first time. Although undoubtedly a period of conquest and destruction, it was also one of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas. In Part Two, The Cult of Progress, we see how the Industrial Revolution transformed the world, impacting every corner, and every civilisation, from the cotton mills of the Midlands through Napoleon's conquest of Egypt to the decimation of both Native American and Maori populations and the advent of photography in Paris in 1839. Incredible art - both looted and created - relays the key events and their outcomes throughout the world.* A NEAR VG++ copy of the 1st./1st. with NO MAJOR FAULTS but no dust jacket.* 0