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A History of Civilizations

A History of Civilizations Paperback / softback - 1995

by Richard Mayne

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This groundbreaker by one of the premier historians of this century takes an anti-ethnocentric approach to the history of civilizations. This book focuses on the broad sweep of history rather than on the famous events. It covers historical developments in almost every corner of the globe, from the Muslim world and the Far East to Europe and the Americas. Includes maps.

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  • Title A History of Civilizations
  • Author Richard Mayne
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 640
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date 1995-04-01
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780140124897_inp
  • ISBN 9780140124897 / 0140124896
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 1.1 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.79 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Library of Congress subjects Civilization - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 909

Summary

"Refreshingly broad-brush in its approach...this history provides the big picture."—The Christian Science Monitor. Written from a consciously anti-enthnocentric approach, this fascinating work is a survey of the civilizations of the modern world in terms of the broad sweep and continuities of history, rather than the "event-based" technique of most other texts.

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  • Library Journal, 08/01/1999, Page 0
  • New York Times, 07/30/1995, Page 20

About the author

Fernand Braudel was France's foremost post-war historian. He is best known for The Mediterranean in the Age of Philip II, Civilization and Capitalism and The Identity of France. Richard Mayne is a renowned translator of French. His other translations include Monet's Memoirs.

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