From Dawn To Decadence: 1500 To The Present by Jacques Barzun - 2001

Turtleback, 2001. Library Binding. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Turtleback Books, 2001-05-15. Turtleback School & Library ed. library. Used: Good.

Turtleback Books, 2001-05-15. Turtleback School & Library ed. library. Used:Good.

Harper Collins, New York, 2000. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 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 Renaisance 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 "Puritans as Democrats," "The Monarch's Revolution," "The Artist Prophet and Jester" -- show the recurrent role of great themes throughout the eras.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… Read More

Turtleback Books, 2001-05-15. Library Binding. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Bt Bound, 2001. Hardcover. New. turtleback school & library ed. edition. 912 pages. 8.00x6.00x1.75 inches.