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03355aam a2200445 i 4500 001 C92B588E00A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170304010220 008 160225s2017 mauab 000 0 eng c 010 $a 2016009269 020 $a 067465966X 020 $a 9780674659667 035 $a (OCoLC)943710213 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c HLS $d DLC $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDXCP $d YDX $d YUS $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gr--- $a e-gr--- 050 00 $a DF234.2 B74713 2017 100 1 $a Briant, Pierre, $e author. 240 10 $a Alexandre des lumieres $l English 245 14 $a The first European : $b a history of Alexander in the age of empire / $c Pierre Briant ; translated by Nicholas Elliott. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts ; $b Harvard University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xvi, 284 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 22 cm 500 $a "First published as Alexandre des lumieres: fragments d'histoire europeenne by Pierre Briant ââ Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2012."--Title page verso 520 $a In The First European: A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire, Pierre Briant examines the revival and rewriting of the history of Alexander the Great in 18th-century Europe. To Enlightenment thinkers Alexander exemplified the West and Europe, especially in his role as the conqueror of Asia. Classical texts, ancient history, and the new science of archaeology were all deployed in the service of European empire-building. Alexander was of interest to a variety of scholars from different parts of Europe - moralists, philosophers, economists, geographers, historians, and cartographers. In the course of the long 18th century, an entirely new image of the Macedonian conqueror emerged, as the precedent of European political and commercial expansion overseas.-- $c Provided by publisher 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Fragments of European history -- I. Development and affirmation of a critical history -- History, morals, and philosophy -- Alexander in Europe: erudition and history -- II. A new model: the conqueror-philosopher -- War, reason, and civilization -- A successful conquest -- Affirming and contesting the model -- III. Empires and nations -- Lessons of empire, from the Thames to the Indus -- Alexander in France from the Revolution to the Restoration (c. 1790-1830) -- German Alexanders (c. 1790-1830) -- IV. The sense of history -- After Alexander? -- Alexander, Europe, and the immobile Orient -- Conclusion: Assessment and perspectives: from the past to the present. 600 00 $a Alexander, $c the Great, $d 356 B.C.-323 B.C. 650 0 $a Hellenism $x Influence. 650 0 $a Hellenism $x Historiography. 650 0 $a History, Ancient $x Historiography. 651 0 $a Europe $x Intellectual life $y 18th century. 651 0 $a Greece $x Historiography. $y Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. $x Historiography. 765 08 $i Translation of: $a Briant, Pierre. $t Alexandre des Lumieres. $d Paris : Gallimard, ââ2012 $z 9782070131716 $w (OCoLC)814302834 $w (OCoLC)814302834 941 $a 3 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006105546.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20180925010334.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170405035459.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C92B588E00A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search