What Is Progress
Published on 13. July 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-60945-668-9 (ISBN)
Description
Key Selling Points
- Timely reflection of the idea of progress, its potential and limits
- Author is a renowned historian of the Ancient world, able to adopt a long-view of the present
- Combines erudition and readability
- Translation by "star translator" Ann Goldstein
Target Readership
- For readers of The Lessons of History by Will Durant; The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 175 mm
Width: 117 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
108 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60945-668-9 (9781609456689)
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Aldo Schiavone is one of Italy's most renowned historians, whose works have been translated into numerous languages. He has taught Roman Law at the University of Florence and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His previous books include Spartacus (2013) and Pontius Pilate (2017).