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New dictionary of the history of ideas / edited by Maryanne Cline Horowitz.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005Description: 1 online resource (6 volumes) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780684314525
  • 0684314525
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 903 22
Online resources:
Contents:
Volume 1. List of articles -- Preface -- Historiography -- Reader's guide -- Abolitionism -- Common sense -- Volume 2. Reader's guide -- Communication of ideas-futurology -- Volume 3. Reader's guide -- Game theory-Lysenkoism -- Volume 4. Reader's guide -- Machiavellism-Phrenology -- Volume 5. Reader's guide -- Physics-Syncretism -- Volume 6. Reader's guide -- Taste-Zionism -- List of contributors -- Index.
Summary: A six-volume survey of the history of Western thought and culture, presented through 700 alphabetically arranged entries. Each entry explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital, among many others. For students and general readers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1. List of articles -- Preface -- Historiography -- Reader's guide -- Abolitionism -- Common sense -- Volume 2. Reader's guide -- Communication of ideas-futurology -- Volume 3. Reader's guide -- Game theory-Lysenkoism -- Volume 4. Reader's guide -- Machiavellism-Phrenology -- Volume 5. Reader's guide -- Physics-Syncretism -- Volume 6. Reader's guide -- Taste-Zionism -- List of contributors -- Index.

A six-volume survey of the history of Western thought and culture, presented through 700 alphabetically arranged entries. Each entry explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital, among many others. For students and general readers.

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