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| | 2. | [no image] | DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
from Library of America
Price: $100.00
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De Tocqueville was simply of one of the great social scientists writing about America and Democracy. From reading the book I deduced that De Tocqueville was a social scientist before Marx! He compares European culture and government with the fledgling culture and democracy he observes in America. He... more info
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| | 6. |  | The Birth of Purgatory
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $23.94
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There are already many good reviews so I will only suggest reading the following interesting books dealing with religion in addition to Le Goff's: a) "The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic Approach," by Moojan Momen (astonishingly encyclopedic); b) "Shamans, Sorcerers, and Saints: A Prehistory of... more info
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| | 7. |  | How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $21.97
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Guilbaut offers an compelling account of the European-American situation during and immediately following WWII, when the center of Western culture was transferred from Paris to New York. It was not an easy shift; although Paris was in ruins, Europeans and the French especially did not want to see... more info
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| | 8. |  | Paris: Capital of the World
from Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Price: $16.50
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Higonnet doesn't put out many books, rather he reads a many more than any of his contemporaries, and puts out a few selective gems of academic work.
The above reviewer is right, it's not a good book for the traveler looking to get a grasp on Paris, but what on earth would make you think that... more info
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| | 9. |  | The Kill (Modern Library Classics)
from Modern Library
Price: $8.87
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The first chapter of THE KILL is a tour de force. It opens in the Bois de Boulogne, a forest remade into a drawing room, and travels the new boulevards of the Second Empire to end at the Aristide (Rougon) Saccard mansion. There, it burrows through its spacious rooms and ends in the hothouse, a man... more info
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| | 10. |  | A History of Private Life, Volume II, Revelations of the Medieval World
from Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Price: $4.69
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This is a deep well of information concerning the intriguing subject of privacy. Until modern times, privacy, as we think of it, really didn't exist. Privacy, or lack thereof, was directly influenced by innovation ( architecture, science), economics, health, longevity, marital customs, social... more info
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