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Ebook: Europe: A Cultural History -- download full version of the book
*** EUROPE: A CULTURAL HISTORY *** by Peter Rietbergen  Click Here to Download this Ebook Type: eBook Released: 1998-00-00 Publisher: Routledge Page Count: 514 Format: pdf Language: English Description: From Library Journal Dutch historian Rietbergen (Univ. of Nijmegen) offers a broad historical summary of European societal development over the last 5000 years. Religion gets very close attention, as do certain seminal developments: printing, gunpowder, migration from country to city, and industrialization. Interspersed excerpts from primary sources (Grotius, Chaucer, Michaelangelo) add some variety to the text, though not always gravity (Iron Maiden lyrics?). The final quarter of the book, dealing with the 20th century, turns more toward sociology with less convincing results?Rietbergen's prejudices (against the European Union, for instance) show through. Hundreds of more detailed books on European culture are available; this one's value is its breadth and synthesis. It would make a good primer for undergraduates or the interested lay reader, though it does presuppose some historical knowledge. For college and large public libraries only.?Robert Persing, Univ. of Pennsylvania Lib., PhiladelphiaCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Kirkus Reviews paper 0-415-17230-6 By Rietbergen (Modem History/Univ. of Nijmegen, Netherlands), a magisterial review of Europe's cultural history from the Roman Empire to the post-WWII era. Rietbergen denies that Europe is a strictly geographical expression: instead for him, Europe is ``a series of world-views, of peoples' perspectives on their reality, sometimes only dreamt or desired, sometimes experienced and realized as well.'' Despite the cultural diversity of Europe, the author perceives several unifying themes: one is Catholicism and its offshoots, which for centuries after the collapse of Rome defined the civilization of Europe. A modern unifying trend is the gradual evolution of many European countries toward constitutional and democratic government, which emphasizes the political and economic freedom of the individual. To present these themes historically, Rietbergen divides European history into four distinct cultural phases: the gradual emergence of a pan-European entity in the Roman Empire, which gave political unity to far-flung lands formerly dominated by Celtic and Germanic barbarians; the coalescence of a Christian Europe with a Roman character, which resulted in a uniquely European civilization in contrast to the eastern Christian and Islamic civilizations around the Mediterranean; the development of new ways of looking at man and the world with the emergence of humanism, the Renaissance, the great world explorations, and the Enlightenment; and the modem age, with its emphasis on consumption and communication, material culture and progress. The author concludes that Europe is evolving toward a future in which classical tradition, Christianity, and ethnic identity will have less cultural significance for Europe than in the past, but in which distinctive humane European values will continue to have an impact on the world. A thoughtful though ponderous meditation on the development of the ``European idea'' and its significance for the world. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. MORE EBOOKS: Ebook: Gene Family Targeted Molecular Design -- download full version of the book, by Karen Lackey Ebook: The Ultimate Dinosaur: Past, Present, and Future -- download full version of the book, by Byron Preiss, Robert Silverberg Ebook: Strategic Planning For Dummies -- download full version of the book, by Erica Olsen Ebook: Brilliant Food Tips and Cooking Tricks: 5,000 Ingenious Kitchen Hints, Secrets, Shortcuts, and Solutions -- download full version of the book, by David Joachim MORE 110000 online books: eBooks, Audio Books - books on English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, ...other languages == eBooks ==
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