The first European : a history of Alexander in the age of empire / Pierre Briant ; translated by Nicholas Elliott.
by
Briant, Pierre, author.
ISBN
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9780674972841
Title
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The first European : a history of Alexander in the age of empire / Pierre Briant ; translated by Nicholas Elliott.
Author
:
Briant, Pierre, author.
Personal Author
:
Briant, Pierre, author.
Uniform Title
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Alexandre des lumières. English
Physical Description
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1 online resource (viii, 482 pages) : illustrations, maps
General Note
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"First published as Alexandre des lumieres: fragments d'histoire européenne by Pierre Briant © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2012"--Title page verso.
Contents
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Introduction: Fragments of European history -- I.A critical history -- History, morals, and philosophy -- Alexander in Europe: erudition and history -- II. 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 -- German Alexanders -- IV. The sense of history -- After Alexander? -- Alexander, Europe, and the immobile Orient -- Conclusion.
Local Note
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Personal Subject
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Subject Term
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Hellenism -- Influence.
Hellenism -- Historiography.
History, Ancient -- Historiography.
Hellénisme -- Influence.
Hellénisme -- Historiographie.
Histoire ancienne -- Historiographie.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
HISTORY / Europe / General
Hellenism -- Historiography
Hellenism -- Influence
Historiography
History, Ancient -- Historiography
Intellectual life
Geographic Term
:
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. -- Historiography.
Europe -- Vie intellectuelle -- 18e siècle.
Grèce -- Histoire -- 359-323 av. J.-C. (Expansion de la Macédoine) -- Historiographie.
Europe
Greece
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2017
Publication Information
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2017.
| Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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| 938.0707204 23 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |