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Our oriental heritage / by Will Durant.
LIBRA 901 D932 1954, v.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Durant, Will, 1885-1981.
- Series:
- Durant, Will, 1885-1981. Story of civilization ; pt. 1.
- The story of civilization ; part 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- History.
- Civilization, Oriental.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 1049 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon and Schuster, 1954.
- Summary:
- On t.p.: Being a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the death of Alexander, and in India, China and Japan from the beginning to our own day; with an introduction on the nature and foundations of civilization.
- Contents:
- V. 1. Our Oriental heritage.
- v. 2. Life of Greece.
- v. 3. Caesar and Christ.
- v. 4. Age of faith.
- v. 5. The Renaissance.
- v. 6. The Reformation.
- v. 7. The age of reason begins.
- v. 8. The age of Louis XIV.
- v. 9. The age of Voltaire.
- v. 10. Rousseau and revolution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 945-955) and index.
- ISBN:
- 067154800X
- 9780671548001
- OCLC:
- 365876048
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