From Dawn To Decadence by Jacques Barzun - 2000: 1500 To The Present. 500 Years of Cultural Life

New York: HarperCollins/Publishers, 2000. Hardcover. As New/fine. Author's Note.... Prologue ......Part One : From Luther's Ninety-five Theses to Boyle's " Invisible College " ......Part Two : From the Bog and Sand of Versailles to the Tennis Court......Part Three : From " The Gresat Illusion " to " Western Civ. Has Got To Go " . Reference Notes. Index of Persons. Index of Subjects ....With compelling chapters, titled : " Puritans as Democrats " / " The Monarch's Revolution " / " The Artist Prophet and Jester ", etc......." A stunning five-century study of civilization's cultural retreat " - William Safire, New York Times....." History cannot be a science; it is the very opposite in that, its interest lies in the particular " - Jacques Barzun ( 1907 - 2012 )France-born American historian of ideas and culture, philosopher of of education, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom and Knighted in the French Legion of Honor - And his Magnum Opus : " From Dawn To Decadence " , 500 years of Western Cultural Life, 1300 to the Present. . Gilt-colored Jacques Barzun lettering on front cover of black-colored, cloth book , and on the binding. ( 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 X 2 1/4 ) 877 pages. Book weighs 2 3/4 pounds. . Prior owner name label on front end pages, with date.

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