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02687aam a22004578i 4500 001 43EEB39ED37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230405010043 008 221130s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022055501 020 $a 0593472179 020 $a 9780593472170 035 $a (OCoLC)1345214770 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ 050 00 $a CB245 M255 2023 100 1 $a Mac Sweeney, NaoiÌse, $d 1982- $e author. 245 14 $a The West : $b a new history in fourteen lives / $c NaoiÌse Mac Sweeney. 264 1 $a New York : $b Dutton $c [2023] 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction Obsessed with origins -- Chapter 1 The rejection of purity: Herodotus -- Chapter 2 The Asian Europeans: Livilla -- Chapter 3 The global heirs of antiquity: Al-KindiÌ -- Chapter 4 The Asian Europeans again: Godfrey of Viterbo -- Chapter 5 The illusion of Christendom: Theodore Laskaris -- Chapter 6 The reimagining of antiquity: Tullia D'Aragona -- Chapter 7 The path not trodden: Safiye Sultan -- Chapter 8 The West and knowledge: Francis Bacon -- Chapter 9 The West and empire: Njinga of Angola -- Chapter 10 The West and politics: Joseph Warren -- Chapter 11 The West and race: Phyllis Wheatley -- Chapter 12 The West and modernity: William Ewart Gladstone -- Chapter 13 The West and its critics: Edward Said -- Chapter 14 The West and its rivals: Carrie Lam -- Conclusion The shape of history -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further reading -- Index. 520 $a "A captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization"-the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times-is a powerful figment of our collective imagination"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Civilization, Western $x History. 650 0 $a Civilization, Western $x Historiography. 651 0 $a Europe $x Civilization. 651 0 $a Europe $x Historiography. $x Historiography. 650 0 $a World history $x Historiography. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Mac Sweeney, NaoiÌse, 1982- $t West $d New York : Dutton [2023] $z 9780593472194 $w (DLC) 2022055502 941 $a 8 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409044433.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20230929010433.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230804011820.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230802012840.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011742.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015415.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230603010731.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230603010154.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=43EEB39ED37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search