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From Dawn to Decadence
Jacques Barzun · 2001 · 877 pages
The product of the author's lifetime, this powerful narrative, insterrsperses the author's analysis of wars, philosophy, science, manners, sex, religion, morals, art, et al, from the Reformation to the present day, with biographical sketches of influential historical figures. His conclusion is that the decadence of the current age is merely a watershed for a new age in which Western culture will again flourish.
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Claire Lehmann
“From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, by Jacques Barzun Highly readable account of modern European cultural history. Barzun has a prose style that is highly engaging particularly for the young reader.”↗