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Mac Sweeney, Naoíse, 1982- author.
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Civilization, Western -- History.
Civilization, Western -- Historiography.
World history -- Historiography.
Europe -- Civilization.
Europe -- Civilization -- Historiography.
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The West : a new his...
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The West : a new history in fourteen lives / Naoíse Mac Sweeney.
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Mac Sweeney, Naoíse, 1982- author.
[New York] : Dutton, [2023]
Subjects
Civilization, Western -- History.
Civilization, Western -- Historiography.
World history -- Historiography.
Europe -- Civilization.
Europe -- Civilization -- Historiography.
ISBN:
9780593472170 (hardcover) :
0593472179 (hardcover)
Description:
x, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: The importance of origins -- The rejection of purity: Herodotus -- The Asian Europeans: Livilla -- The global heirs of antiquity: Al-Kindī -- The Asian Europeans again: Godfrey of Viterbo -- The illusion of Christendom: Theodore Laskaris -- The reimagining of antiquity: Tullia D'Aragona -- The path not trodden: Safiye Sultan -- The West and knowledge: Francis Bacon -- The West and empire: Njinga of Angola -- The West and politics: Joseph Warren -- The West and race: Phyllis Wheatley -- The West and modernity: William Ewart Gladstone -- The West and its critics: Edward Said -- The West and its rivals: Carrie Lam -- Conclusion: The shape of history.
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"A captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization"--the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times--is a powerful figment of our collective imagination"--Provided by publisher.
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