The pursuit of truth :: a historian's memoir /

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...

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1. Verfasser: McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-2016
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2005.
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Zusammenfassung: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 cha.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 189 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and index.
ISBN:0813172047
9780813172040
1283233010
9781283233019
9786613233011
6613233013
9780813137254
081313725X

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