Book
Europe : a cultural history
Record details
- ISBN: 9780415663571 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0415663571 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780415663618 (paperback)
- ISBN: 041566361X (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781315748511 (ebook)
- ISBN: 1315748517 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0415172292
- ISBN: 9780415172295
- ISBN: 1134692684
- ISBN: 9781134692682
- ISBN: 1134692692
- ISBN: 9781134692699
- ISBN: 1134692668
- ISBN: 9781134692668
- ISBN: 1134692641
- ISBN: 9781134692644
- ISBN: 113469265X
- ISBN: 9781134692651
- ISBN: 1317606299
- ISBN: 9781317606291
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Physical Description:
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xlviii, 618 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: Third edition.
- Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Europe History Europe Civilization |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | D 20 .R54 2015 | 30775305488422 | General Collection | Available | - |
Summary
Europe : A Cultural History
This third, revised and augmented edition of Peter Rietbergen's highly acclaimed Europe: A Cultural History provides a major and original contribution to the study of Europe. From ancient Babylonian law codes to Pope Urban's call to crusade in 1095, and from Michelangelo on Italian art in 1538 to Sting's songs in the late twentieth century, the expressions of the culture that has developed in Europe are diverse and wide-ranging. This exceptional text expertly connects this variety, explaining them to the reader in a thorough and yet highly readable style. Presented chronologically, Europe: A Cultural History examines the many cultural building blocks of Europe, stressing their importance in the formation of the continent's ever-changing cultural identities. Starting with the beginnings of agricultural society and ending with the mass culture of the early twenty-first century, the book uses literature, art, science, technology and music to examine Europe's cultural history in terms of continuity and change. Rietbergen looks at how societies developed new ways of surviving, believing, consuming and communicating throughout the period. His book is distinctive in paying particular attention to the ways early Europe has been formed through the impact of a variety ofãcultures, from Celtic and German to Greek and Roman. The role of Christianity is stressed, but as a contested variable, as are the influences from, for example, Asia in the early modern period and from American culture and Islamic immigrants in more recent times. Since anxieties over Europe's future mount, this third edition text has been thoroughly revised for the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Moreover, it now also includes a 'dossier' of some seventeen essay-like vignettes that highlight cultural phenomena said to be characteristic of Europe: social solidarity, capitalism, democracy and so forth. With a wide selection of illustrations, maps,ãexcerpts of sources and even lyrics from contemporary songs to support the arguments, this book both serves the general reader as well as students of historical and cultural studies.
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