Great quotations : that shaped the western world / compiled and written by Carl H. Middleton
- Bib ID:
- 4384658
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- St. Paul, MN : Paragon House, 2008
- xxv, 784 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781557788641
- 1557788642
- Summary:
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"This large collection of quotations from Ancient Greece to the present day emphasizes the development of the ideas that shaped the freedom and character of Western Civilization"--Provided by publisher.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Contents
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of Topics xi
- Preface xxi
- Introduction xxv
- Part 1
- Chronological Quotations
- Chapter 1. Greek Knowledge Explosion 3
- Chapter 2. The Dark Ages and Medieval Revival 77
- Chapter 3. Western Renaissance versus Chinese Atrophy 99
- Chapter 4. The Age of Science 153
- Chapter 5. Enlightenment: The Age of Reason 181
- Chapter 6. Liberty and Democracy 215
- Chapter 7. The Romantic Age 265
- Chapter 8. Age of Industrialization and Victoria 297
- Chapter 9. Bountiful Barons 381
- Chapter 10. Modernism to Postmodernism (1900?1980) 403
- Chapter 11. Perpetual Conflict 473
- Chapter 12. Management in the Information Age 575
- Chapter 13. Turbo Science in Hyper-Drive 655
- Part 2
- Quotations Organized Thematically
- Chapter 14. Short Themes 681
- Chapter 15. Investment Wisdom 715
- Chapter 16. Foreign Phrases 729
- Chapter 17. The Old Testament of the Holy Bible 739
- Chapter 18. The New Testament of the Holy Bible 751
- Chapter 19. Book of Common Prayer (1928), Ave Maria,Grace, and Hymns 761
- Conclusions 767
- Appendix 769
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Subject:
- Quotations
- Other authors/contributors:
- Middleton, Carl H
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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