1998, ISBN: 9789780393311

W. W. Norton & Company. Good+. 1998. Paperback. 9780393318661 . Has some light cover curl/general wear with pages tthat remain clean and unmarked. ; 1.5 x 8.8 x 6.2 Inches; 512 pages… Mehr…

W. W. Norton & Company. Good+. 1998. Paperback. 9780393318661 . Has some light cover curl/general wear with pages tthat remain clean and unmarked. ; 1.5 x 8.8 x 6.2 Inches; 512 pages; <p><strong>"Fascinating. . . . A notable achievement. . . . Real history is in the details, the small stories, of which <em>Worldly Goods</em> is a treasure house."—Richard Bernstein, <em>New York Times</em></strong></p>In this provocative and wholly absorbing work, Lisa Jardine offers a radical interpretation of the Renaissance, arguing that the creation of culture during that time was inextricably tied to the creation of wealth — that the expansion of commerce spurred the expansion of thought. As Jardine boldly states, "The seeds of our own exuberant multiculturalism and bravura consumerism were planted in the European Renaissance." While Europe's royalty and merchants competed with each other to acquire works of art, vicious commercial battles were being fought over who should control the centers for trade around the globe. Jardine encompasses Renaissance culture from its western borders in Christendom to its eastern reaches in the Islamic Ottoman Empire, bringing this opulent epoch to life in all its material splendor and competitive acquisitiveness. "A savvy, street-smart history of the Renaissance."—Dan Cryer, <em>Newsday</em> "Jardine's lively book is specific and down-to-earth. A particularly fascinating section recalls how books suddenly ceased to be principally collector's items or aids to scholars and became the sixteenth century's Internet, dispensing fact and fancy to high and low."—<em>The New Yorker</em> Illustrated ., W. W. Norton & Company, 1998<

1999, ISBN: 9789780393311

W. W. Norton & Company. 1999. Paperback. 9780393317558 . Good reading copy ; 1.5 x 9.2 x 6.1 Inches; 496 pages; <p><strong>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.</strong><… Mehr…

W. W. Norton & Company. 1999. Paperback. 9780393317558 . Good reading copy ; 1.5 x 9.2 x 6.1 Inches; 496 pages; <p><strong>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.</strong></p>In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, <em>New York Review of Books</em>) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed religion --as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war --and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, <em>Guns, Germs, and Steel</em> chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth club of California's Gold Medal. ., W. W. Norton & Company, 1999<

1999, ISBN: 9789780393311

W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine. 1999. Paperback. 9780393317558 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to thre… Mehr…

W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine. 1999. Paperback. 9780393317558 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Minor edgewear. ; 9.10 X 6.10 X 1.50 inches; 496 pages ., W. W. Norton & Company, 1999<

1996, ISBN: 9789780393311

WW Norton. Very Good. 1996. Softcover. 9780393314793 . STiff clean book with a few early pages with pencilling (only) ; in rubbed card coves with light creasing. ; 8.27 X 5.56 X 0.99 inc… Mehr…

WW Norton. Very Good. 1996. Softcover. 9780393314793 . STiff clean book with a few early pages with pencilling (only) ; in rubbed card coves with light creasing. ; 8.27 X 5.56 X 0.99 inches; 400 pages ., WW Norton, 1996<

1997, ISBN: 9789780393311

W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 1997. Reprint. Paperback. 9780393313291 . 9.40 X 7.40 X 0.90 inches ., W. W. Norton & Company, 1997