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008			221130s2023 nyua b 001 0deng
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092			_a909.0982 _bM175
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMac Sweeney, Naoíse, _d1982- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe West : _ba new history in fourteen lives / _cNaoíse Mac Sweeney.
264		1	_a[New York, New York] : _bDutton, _c[2023]
300			_ax, 438 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aPlace of publication from publisher's website.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: The importance of origins -- The rejection of purity: Herodotus -- The Asian Europeans: Livilla -- The global heirs of antiquity: Al-Kindī -- The Asian Europeans again: Godfrey of Viterbo -- The illusion of Christendom: Theodore Laskaris -- The reimagining of antiquity: Tullia D'Aragona -- The path not trodden: Safiye Sultan -- The West and knowledge: Francis Bacon -- The West and empire: Njinga of Angola -- The West and politics: Joseph Warren -- The West and race: Phyllis Wheatley -- The West and modernity: William Ewart Gladstone -- The West and its critics: Edward Said -- The West and its rivals: Carrie Lam -- Conclusion: The shape of history.
520			_a"A captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization"--the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times--is a powerful figment of our collective imagination"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aCivilization, Western _xHistory. _923675
650		0	_aCivilization, Western _xHistoriography.
651		0	_aEurope _xCivilization. _951425
651		0	_aEurope _xCivilization _xHistoriography.
650		0	_aWorld history _xHistoriography.
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