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The first European : a history of Alexander in the age of empire / Pierre Briant ; translated by Nicholas Elliott.
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Briant, Pierre
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Alexandre des lumières.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [2017]
Description
viii, 482 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Firestone Library - Classics Collection
DF234.2 .B74713 2017
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Subject(s)
Hellenism
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Influence
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Hellenism
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Historiography
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History, Ancient
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Historiography
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Europe
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Intellectual life
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18th century
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Greece
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History
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Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
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Historiography
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Alexander the Great 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
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Library of Congress genre(s)
History
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Translation of
Briant, Pierre. Alexandre des Lumières
Summary note
In The First European: A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire, Pierre Briant examines the revival and rewriting of the history of Alexander the Great in 18th-century Europe. To Enlightenment thinkers Alexander exemplified the West and Europe, especially in his role as the conqueror of Asia. Classical texts, ancient history, and the new science of archaeology were all deployed in the service of European empire-building. Alexander was of interest to a variety of scholars from different parts of Europe - moralists, philosophers, economists, geographers, historians, and cartographers. In the course of the long 18th century, an entirely new image of the Macedonian conqueror emerged, as the precedent of European political and commercial expansion overseas.-- Provided by publisher.
Notes
"First published as Alexandre des lumieres: fragments d'histoire européenne by Pierre Briant © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2012."--Title page verso.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Fragments of European history
I. A critical history
History, morals, and philosophy
Alexander in Europe: erudition and history
II. 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
German Alexanders
IV. The sense of history
After Alexander?
Alexander, Europe, and the immobile Orient
Conclusion.
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ISBN
9780674659667 ((hard cover ; : alk. paper))
067465966X ((hard cover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016009269
OCLC
943710213
Other standard number
40026720916
99975863322
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