How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780593729809ISBN-10:593729803UPC:9780593729809Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:World, Historiography, CivilizationSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCKVDKHNB3
How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History
An award-winning Cambridge history professor "makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve" (The Wall Street Journal)--that the West is, and always has been, truly global. "Those archaic 'Western Civ' classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, [who] invites us to . . . revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance."--The Boston Globe AN ECONOMIST BEST...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780593729809ISBN-10:593729803UPC:9780593729809Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:World, Historiography, CivilizationSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCKVDKHNB3
Josephine Quinn taught Ancient History at Oxford from 2003 to 2024. In January 2025 she became the first woman to hold the Chair in Ancient History at Cambridge. She has degrees from Oxford and UC Berkeley; has taught in America, Italy, and the UK; and co-directed the Tunisian-British archaeological excavations at Utica. She is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and The New York...
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