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Hutchins' university : a memoir of the University of Chicago, 1929-1950 / / William H. McNeill
| Hutchins' university : a memoir of the University of Chicago, 1929-1950 / / William H. McNeill |
| Autore | McNeill William Hardy <1917-2016> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 194 pages, [12] pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina |
378.773/11
378.77311 |
| Collana | Centennial Publications of the University of Chicago Press |
| Soggetto topico | EDUCATION / General |
| Soggetto non controllato | college, higher education, learning, academic, scholarly, chicago, urban, city, midwest, windy, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, history, historical, america, american, united states, usa, illinois, president, leadership, robert maynard hutchins, social, economic, progress, reform, coming of age, growing up, debate, controversy, archive, liberal |
| ISBN |
1-282-53752-0
9786612537523 0-226-56172-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IN 1929 -- 2. HONEYMOON ON THE MIDWAY 1929-1931 -- 3. CHIAROSCURO OF THE DEPRESSION YEARS 1931-1936 -- 4. THE DRIFT TOWARD WAR 1937-1941 -- 5. THE WAR YEARS 1941-1946 -- 6. BLOOM AND DECAY: THE END OF AN ERA 1946-1950 -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781068103321 |
McNeill William Hardy <1917-2016>
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 | ||
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Plagues and peoples / / William H. McNeill
| Plagues and peoples / / William H. McNeill |
| Autore | McNeill William Hardy <1917-2016> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Anchor Books Doubleday, 1998, c1976 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 614.4/9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Epidemics - History
Civilization - History Public Health Health & Biological Sciences Epidemiology & Epidemics |
| ISBN | 0-307-77366-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Man the hunter -- Breakthrough to history -- Confluence of the civilized disease pools of Eurasia: 500 B.C. to A.D. 1200 -- The impact of the Mongol Empire on shifting disease balances, 1200-1500 -- Transoceanic exchanges, 1500-1700 -- The ecological impact of medical science and organization since 1700. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248102603316 |
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McNeill William Hardy <1917-2016>
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| New York, : Anchor Books Doubleday, 1998, c1976 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The pursuit of power : technology, armed force, and society since A.D. 1000 / / William H. McNeill
| The pursuit of power : technology, armed force, and society since A.D. 1000 / / William H. McNeill |
| Autore | McNeill William Hardy <1917-2016> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [1982] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 355/.02/09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - History
Military history, Medieval Military history, Modern World politics |
| ISBN | 0-226-16019-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248145303316 |
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McNeill William Hardy <1917-2016>
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [1982] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The rise of the West : a history of the human community : with a retrospective essay / / by William H. McNeill ; drawings by Béla Petheö
| The rise of the West : a history of the human community : with a retrospective essay / / by William H. McNeill ; drawings by Béla Petheö |
| Autore | McNeill William Hardy <1917-2016> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxii, 828 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
| Disciplina | 909 |
| Soggetto topico |
Civilization - History
Civilization, Western History - General History & Archaeology |
| ISBN | 0-226-56161-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- The Rise of the West after Twenty-five Years -- Preface -- PART I THE ERA OF MIDDLE EASTERN DOMINANCE TO 500 B.C. -- I. IN THE BEGINNING -- II. THE BREAKTHROUGH TO CIVILIZATION IN MESOPOTAMIA -- III. THE DIFFUSION OF CIVILIZATION: FIRST PHASE -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE NILE AND INDUS VALLEYS TO 1700 B.C. -- 1. Ancient Egypt -- 2. The Indus Civilization -- C. THE TRANSPLANTATION OF CIVILIZATION TO RAIN-WATERED LANDS -- 1. Introductory -- 2. Asia Minor -- 3. Crete -- D. THE IMPACT OF CIVILIZATION ON THE OUTER FRINGES OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD -- 1. Megalithic Protocivilization -- 2. High Barbarism of the Eurasian Steppe -- IV. THE RISE OF A COSMOPOLITAN CIVILIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1700-500 B.C. -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. MILITARY-POLITICAL CHANGES -- C. ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS -- D. SOCIAL STRUCTURE -- E. CULTURAL CONSERVATION AND ADVANCE -- 1. Babylonia -- 2. Egypt -- 3. The Intermediate Regions -- 4. Zoroastrianism and Judaism -- V. THE FORMULATION OF PERIPHERAL CIVILIZATIONS IN INDIA, GREECE, AND CHINA, 1700-500 B.C. -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE FORMULATION OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION -- C. THE FORMULATION OF GREEK CIVILIZATION -- 1. Political and Social Development -- 2. Cultural Growth -- Religion -- Art -- Literature -- Philosophy -- D. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION TO 500 B.C. -- E. CHANGES IN THE BARBARIAN WORLD TO 500 B.C. -- PART II EURASIAN CULTURAL BALANCE 500 B.C.-1500 A.D. -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- VI. THE EXPANSION OF HELLENISM, 500-146 B.C. -- A. THE FLOWERING OF GREEK CULTURE, 500-336 B.C. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Political Evolution -- 3. The Perfecting of Greek Cultural Forms -- Tragedy -- Philosophy -- History and Rhetoric -- Monumental Art -- Summary -- B. HELLENIC EXPANSION INTO BARBARIAN EUROPE -- C. THE HELLENIZATION OF THE ORIENT, 500-146 B.C.
1. Military and Political -- 2. Social and Cultural -- VII. CLOSURE OF THE EURASIAN ECUMENE, 500 8.c.-200 A.D. -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NON-HELLENIC CIVILIZATIONS OF EURASIA, 5°0-100 B.C. -- 1. India -- 2. China -- 3. The Far West: Rome and Western Europe, 336-146 B.C. -- C. THE EURASIAN ECUMENE, 100 8.C.-200 A.D. -- 1. Political and Social Developments -- 2. Cultural Growth and Interchange -- Art -- Religion -- 3. Other Aspects of the High Cultural Tradition of Eurasia, 100 B.C.-200 A.D. -- VIII. BARBARIAN ONSLAUGHT AND CIVILIZED RESPONSE, 200-600 A.D. -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE FLOWERING OF INDIAN CULTURE -- 1. Political and Social Framework -- 2. Cultural Achievements -- Language -- Literature -- Religion and Philosophy -- Science -- Art -- Other Aspects of Indian Culture -- C. THE EXPANSION OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION -- 1. Southeast Asia -- 2. Eastern Mediterranean, Iran, and Central Asia -- 3. China -- D. THE NORTHERN FRONTIER: BARBARIAN BREAKTHROUGH AND CIVILIZED REACTION -- 1. The Great Migrations -- 2. Consequences of the Migrations -- Civilizing the Barbarians -- Modification of Civilized Military and Political Institutions in Western Eurasia -- Cultural Changes in Persia and Rome -- E. THE OUTER FRINGES -- IX. THE RESURGENCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, 600-1000 A.D. -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE MOSLEM WORLD -- C. CHRISTENDOM: -- D. INDlA -- E. CHINA AND THE FAR EAST -- F. THE OUTER FRINGES -- X. STEPPE CONQUERORS AND THE EUROPEAN FAR WEST, 1000-1500 A.D. -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. INFILTRATION AND CONQUEST FROM THE STEPPE -- C. ISLAMIC REACTION TO THE PRESSURES FROM THE STEPPE -- 1. Political and Social -- 2. Cultural -- D. INDIANS, CHRISTIANS, AND JEWS UNDER MOSLEM RULE -- 1. The Moslem Heartlands -- 2. India -- 3. Orthodox Christendom -- E. THE FAR EAST -- 1. China -- 2. China's Outliers -- F. THE FAR WEST. 1. Introductory -- 2. The Struggle for Political Order -- 3. The Expansion of Western Europe -- 4. Cultural Growth: The High Middle Ages -- 5. Unique Characteristics of West European Civilization -- G. THE FRINGES OF THE ECUMENE -- PART III THE ERA OF WESTERN DOMINANCE, 1500 A.D.TO THE PRESENT -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- XI. THE FAR WEST'S CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD, 1500--1700 A.D. -- A. THE GREAT EUROPEAN EXPLORATIONS AND THEIR WORLD-WIDE CONSEQUENCES -- B. THE TRANSMUTATION OF EUROPE, 15()()-1650 A.D. -- 1. Politics -- 2. Economics -- 3. Culture -- C. EUROPE'S OUTLIERS: THE AMERICAS AND RUSSIA, 1500-1650 A.D. -- 1. The Americas -- 2. Russia -- D. THE CHANGING BALANCE OF THE ECUMENE, 1500-1700 A.D. -- 1. The Moslem World -- The Iberian Crusade and Moslem Response -- The Rise of Russia and Its Consequences for Islam -- The Sunni-Shi'a Conflict and Its Consequences for Islam -- 2. The Subject Religious Communities in tbe Moslem World -- Hindu India and Buddhist Southeast Asia -- Christians under Moslem Rule -- Jews in Moslem Lands -- 3. The Far East -- China -- Japan -- Tibet, Mongolia, and the Central Asian Steppe -- 4. Africa -- E. CONCLUSION -- XII. THE TOTTERING WORLD BALANCE, 1700-1850 A.D. -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE OLD REGIME OF EUROPE, 1650-1789 A.D. -- 1. European Expansion to New Ground -- Exploration, Trade, and National Rivalries -- Plantations and the Conscious Transformation of Tropical and Subtropical Economies -- The Spread of European Settlement -- 2. Acculturation in tbe Older Outliers of Europe: America and Russia -- Spanish America -- Brazil and North America -- Russia -- 3. The Compromises of the Old Regime in the European Heartlands -- Political and Social Compromises -- Intellectual Compromises -- Compromises in the Arts -- Elements of Instability in the Old Regime -- C. MOSLEM CATALEPSY, 1700-1850 A.D. 1. Ottoman Reform and Christian Rebellion -- 2. Iran and Turkestan -- 3. Disintegration of the Mogul Empire in India -- 4. Islam in Africa and Southeast Asia -- D. HINDU AND BUDDHIST ASIA, 1700-1850 A.D. -- E. CREEPING CRISIS IN THE FAR EAST, 1700-1850 A.D. -- 1. China -- 2. Japan -- F. THE RETREAT OF BARBARISM, 1700-1850 A.D. -- XIII. THE RISE OF THE WEST: COSMOPOLITANISM ON A GLOBAL SCALE, 1850-1950 A.D. -- A. INTRODUCTORY -- B. THE WESTERN EXPLOSION, 1789-1917 A.D. -- 1. Territorial Expansion -- 2. Industrialism -- The First or British Phase -- The Second or German and American Phase -- 3. The Democratic Revolution -- 4. Artistic and Intellectual Aspects -- C. THE NON-WESTERN WORLD, 1850-1950 A.D. -- 1. The Changing Shape and Style of the Ecumene -- 2. The Moslem World -- 3. Hindu India -- 4. China -- 5. Japan -- 6. Other Parts of the World -- CONCLUSION -- A. SCALE OF POLITICS -- B. SCOPE OF POLITICS -- C. DILEMMAS OF POWER -- INDEX. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Rise of the West |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996247922203316 |
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McNeill William Hardy <1917-2016>
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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