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GR-AtICH |
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20170322155949.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780674659667 |
| Qualifying information |
hardback |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
938.0707204 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Briant, Pierre |
| 9 (RLIN) |
13867 |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="Alexandre des lumiáeres.">Alexandre des lumiáeres.</a> |
| Language of a work |
English |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The first European : |
| Remainder of title |
a history of Alexander in the age of empire / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Pierre Briant ; translated by Nicholas Elliott. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cambridge, MA : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Harvard University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 482 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"First published as Alexandre des lumieres: fragments d'histoire europâeenne by Pierre Briant à Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2012."--Title page verso |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: Fragments of European history -- I. Development and affirmation of a critical history -- History, morals, and philosophy -- Alexander in Europe: erudition and history -- II. A new model: 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 (c. 1790-1830) -- German Alexanders (c. 1790-1830) -- IV. The sense of history -- After Alexander? -- Alexander, Europe, and the immobile Orient -- Conclusion: Assessment and perspectives: from the past to the present. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"The exploits of Alexander the Great were so remarkable that for centuries after his death the Macedonian ruler seemed a figure more of legend than of history. Thinkers of the European Enlightenment, searching for ancient models to understand contemporary affairs, were the first to critically interpret Alexander's achievements. As Pierre Briant shows, in the minds of eighteenth-century intellectuals and philosophes, Alexander was the first European: a successful creator of empire who opened the door to new sources of trade and scientific knowledge, and an enlightened leader who brought the fruits of Western civilization to an oppressed and backward "Orient."<br/>In France, Scotland, England, and German, Alexander the Great became an important point of reference in discourses from philosophy and history to political economy and geography. Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Robertson asked what lessons Alexander's empire-building had to teach modern Europeans. They saw the ancient Macedonian as the embodiment of the rational and benevolent Western ruler, a historical model to be emulated as Western powers accelerated their colonial expansion into Asia, India, and the Middle East.<br/>For a Europe that had to contend with the formidable Ottoman Empire, Alexander provided an important precedent as the conqueror who had brought great tyrants of the "Orient" to heel. As The First European makes clear, Alexander was not an aggressive militarist but a civilizing force whose conquests revitalized Asian lands that had lain stagnant for centuries under the lash of despotic rulers."--Publisher's description.<br/> |
| 600 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Alexander, |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
the Great, |
| Dates associated with a name |
356-323 B.C. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
820 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Hellenism |
| General subdivision |
Influence |
| 9 (RLIN) |
13868 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Hellenism |
| General subdivision |
Historiography |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2431 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History, Ancient |
| General subdivision |
Historiography |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2350 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Europe |
| General subdivision |
Intellectual life |
| Chronological subdivision |
18th century |
| 9 (RLIN) |
13869 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Greece |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. |
| General subdivision |
Historiography |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2381 |
