New dictionary of the history of ideas / edited by Maryanne Cline Horowitz.
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TextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005Description: 1 online resource (6 volumes) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780684314525
- 0684314525
- 903 22
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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