From dawn to decadence : 500 years of western cultural life : 1500 to the present (Record no. 61590)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0060175869 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 940.2 |
| Item number | BAR/F |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Barzun, Jacques |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | From dawn to decadence : 500 years of western cultural life : 1500 to the present |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | HarperCollins |
| Year of publication | 2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xviii, 877 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "A stunning five-century study of civilization's cultural retreat." -- William Safire, New York Times Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaissance and Reformation down to the present in the double light of its own time and our pressing concerns. He introduces characters and incidents with his unusual literary style and grace, bringing to the fore those that have been forgotten or obscured. His compelling chapters--such as "Puritans as Democrats," "The Monarchs' Revolution," and "The Artist Prophet and Jester"--show the recurrent role of great themes throughout the era. The triumphs and defeats of five hundred years form an inspiring saga that modifies the current impression of one long tale of oppression by white European males. Women and their deeds are prominent, and freedom (even in sexual matters) is not an invention of the last decades. And when Barzun rates the present not as a culmination but a decline, he is in no way a prophet of doom. Instead, he shows decadence as the normal close of great periods and a necessary condition of the creative novelty that will burst forth--tomorrow or the next day. Only after a lifetime of separate studies covering a broad territory could a writer create with such ease the synthesis displayed in this magnificent volume.<br/><br/> |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civilization, Western. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Learning and scholarship |
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| Koha item type | BK |
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| control field | 1684751 |
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| LC control number | 99016194 |
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| Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 24/08/2021 | 940.2 BAR/F | 53756 | BK |