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RISE OF THE WEST: A HISTORY OF THE HUMAN COMMUNITY; WITH A RETROSPECTIVE ESSAY
by MCNEILL, WILLIAM H
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0226561410
- ISBN 13
- 9780226561417
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Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press..Centennial publication. Good. 1992. PAPERBACK; 345678910. Paperback. 8.9 X 6" HEAVY. GOOD Condition, some ink underlining near front of book. Otherwise, clean, solid & bright ; DARK BLUE cover titles on WHITE & DARK BLUE DECORATED PAPER COVERS.. ; 860 THICK pages; The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human cultures interacted at every stage of their history. The author suggests that from the Neolithic beginnings of grain agriculture to the present major social changes in all parts of the world were triggered by new or newly important foreign stimuli, .
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- Title
- RISE OF THE WEST: A HISTORY OF THE HUMAN COMMUNITY; WITH A RETROSPECTIVE ESSAY
- Author
- MCNEILL, WILLIAM H
- Illustrator
- PETHEO, BELA DRAWINGS
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- PAPERBACK; 345678910
- ISBN 10
- 0226561410
- ISBN 13
- 9780226561417
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press..Centennial publication
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- HISTORY, Middle East, Europe, Civilization
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