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The pursuit of truth : a historian's memoir / William H. McNeill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-2016.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historians--Canada--Biography.
- Historians.
- McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-2016.
- McNeill, William Hardy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- William H. McNeill's seminal book The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community (1963) received the National Book Award in 1964 and was named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of the twentieth century by the Modern Library. From his post at the University of Chicago, McNeill became the first contemporary North American historian to write world history in the light of anthropological, epidemiological, and technological ideas. A candid, intellectual memoir from one of the most famous and influential historians of our era, The Pursuit of Truth maps the life and career of a man who
- Contents:
- From childhood to World War II, 1917-1941
- From basic training to the rise of the West, 1941-1963
- From the rise of the West to plagues and peoples, 1963-1976
- From plagues and peoples to retirement, 1976-1987
- Retirement in Colebrook, 1987-.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-166) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613233011
- 9781283233019
- 1283233010
- 9780813172040
- 0813172047
- OCLC:
- 67712798
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