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Civilizations

Civilizations

by Felipe Fernandez Armesto (Author), Felipe Fernandez Armesto (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

A close examination of the world's societies, from the maritime civilizations of the Polynesians to the Dawada people of the Sahara. Rather than looking to the familiar spots of Rome and Paris, Fernadez-Armesto takes us to unfamiliar territories to redifine our understanding of what it is to be civilized. Filled with anecdotal historical tales, shrewd insights and engaging arguments, this book concludes that societies can be judged on how civilized they are by investigating their interaction with their own environment.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 656
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Pan Books
Published: 12 Oct 2001
ISBN 10: 0330487981
ISBN 13: 9780330487986
Book Overview: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto has won honours for his work on maritime and colonial history, including the Caird medel of the National Maritime Museum in 1997 and the John Carter Brown Medal in 1999.

Media Reviews
Fernandez-Armesto is a superb storyteller, with a barrel-full of anecdotes and a language as finely textured as any novelist's. Independent on Sunday * This is a contentious, provocative work, full of utterly original and sometimes perverse perspectives. - Timothy Mo, The Independent * He accosts you, proposes an interesting subject, and then extends it at enormous length... This is all good fun, and highly readable. - Richard Gott, Literary Review * Witty...sharply original. Neal Ascherson, The Observer
Author Bio
Felipe Fernandez Armesto has been a member of the Faculty of Modern History at Oxford University since 1983, was a Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study for 1999/2000 and is currently Union Pacific Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota. Honours won for his work on maritime and colonial history include the Caird Medal of the National Maritime Museum in 1997 and the John Carter Brown Medal in 1999. He is the author of numerous books, most notably Millenium: A History of the last Thousand Years (1995).