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Jacques Barzun - From Dawn to Decadence
 
   

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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

Life as We(sterners) know it

Date of Review:  Feb 24, 2008
The Bottom Line: Definite read for someone wanting to understand the ebb and flow of time and culture since 1500. Readable over time, not necessarily in one sitting.
Review: The title(s) alone, From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the present, 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, suggest an intimidating and massively complex analysis of western civilization, and Jacques Barzun, a 20th century father of cultural history, does...
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  5.0

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A synthesis of a lifetime of study and...
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Very long.
 
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500 HUNDRED YEARS IS A LOT OF READING

Date of Review:  Sep 3, 2001
The Bottom Line: I would recommend the book for people who are looking for an interesting summation of our Western cultural life and not for history in the traditional sense.
Review: Many readers seem to mistake Jacques Barzun's book as history. Well, it is and it isn't. Note the book's title, "From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life."

Barzun throws a lot of things into the cultural life cauldron and...
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