The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
- ISBN-10
- 1551114321
- ISBN-13
- 9781551114323
- Series
- The Shaping of Western Civilization
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-01-01
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Author
- Michael Bürger
Description
This book "is a short, interpretive, and coherent overview of the history of Western civilization from antiquity to late eighteenth-century Europe and America." -- Back cover.
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