The West
A New History in Fourteen Lives
Published on 23. May 2023
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-593-47217-0 (ISBN)
Description
"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"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
HALFTONE IMAGES THROUGHOUT
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
656 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-593-47217-0 (9780593472170)
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Naoíse Mac Sweeney is professor of classical archaeology at the University of Vienna, having previously held posts at both Leicester and Cambridge Universities, and been a researcher at Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies. She has won numerous academic awards for her work on classical antiquity and origin myths, her previous book on Troy was shortlisted for a major prize, and she has appeared on BBC television and radio.