The Conquest of Civilization
by Breasted, James Henry
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, spine sunned, text clean, binding tight./no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1938. Newly Revised, first thus. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, spine sunned, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 669pp. +16 pages photographs. stated first edition. from Introduction: "James Henry Breasted was the first American historian of the New Past. It was he who suggested the phrase "New Past" as signifying that more comprehensive view of man's early career which has developed from the archeological discoveries of the last century. Before these discoveries, even the specialist's idea of the past included little more than the story of the Greeks and Romans, with the chronicles of the Hebrews, against a vague background of the unexplored ruins in Egypt, in Babylonia, and at Nineveh." #01713.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1650
- Title
- The Conquest of Civilization
- Author
- Breasted, James Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, spine sunned, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Newly Revised, first thus
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- civilization, ancient history, history, world history, nonfiction,
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Matthew's Books LLC
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