A History of Civilizations - Couverture rigide

Braudel, Fernand; Mayne, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0713990228 ISBN 13 : 9780713990225

Editeur : Allen Lane, 1994

Synopsis

Fernand Braudel rejected a narrow focus on Western warfare, diplomacy and power politics, and opened up economic and social history to influences from anthropology, sociology, geography, psychology and linguistics. In this book, Braudel examines the nature of "cultures" and "civilizations", their continuities and transformations. He then goes on to survey the broad historical developments in almost every corner of the globe: the Muslim world - from the rise of Islam to post-colonial revival; Black Africa - from the slave trade to the dilemmas of development; the Far East - from the collapse of the Roman Empire to political union; the European civilizations of the New World - Latin America and the USA; the English-speaking universe - Canada, Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand; and the other Europe - Russia, the USSR and the CIS.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Fernand Braudel was France's foremost post-war historian. He is best known for The Mediterranean in the Age of Philip II, Civilization and Capitalism and The Identity of France. Richard Mayne is a renowned translator of French. His other translations include Monet's Memoirs.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Written from a consciously anti-enthnocentric approach, this fascinating work is a survey of the civilizations of the modern world in terms of the broad sweep and continuities of history, rather than the "event-based" technique of most other texts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allen Lane
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0713990228
• ISBN 13: 9780713990225
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 640
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