New dictionary of the history of ideas [electronic resource] / edited by Maryanne Cline Horowitz.

Contributor(s): Series: Gale virtual reference libraryPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Charles Scribner's Sons, c2005.Description: 1 online resource (6 v.) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9780684314525 (electronic book)
  • 0684314525 (electronic book)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: New dictionary of the history of ideas.DDC classification:
  • 22
LOC classification:
  • CB9 .N49 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Volume 1. List of articles -- Preface -- Historiography -- Reader's guide -- Abolitionism -- Common sense -- Volume 2. Reader's guide -- Communication of ideas-futurology -- Volume 3. Reader's guide -- Game theory-Lysenkoism -- Volume 4. Reader's guide -- Machiavellism-Phrenology -- Volume 5. Reader's guide -- Physics-Syncretism -- Volume 6. Reader's guide -- Taste-Zionism -- List of contributors -- Index.
Summary: A six-volume survey of the history of Western thought and culture, presented through 700 alphabetically arranged entries. Each entry explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital, among many others. For students and general readers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1. List of articles -- Preface -- Historiography -- Reader's guide -- Abolitionism -- Common sense -- Volume 2. Reader's guide -- Communication of ideas-futurology -- Volume 3. Reader's guide -- Game theory-Lysenkoism -- Volume 4. Reader's guide -- Machiavellism-Phrenology -- Volume 5. Reader's guide -- Physics-Syncretism -- Volume 6. Reader's guide -- Taste-Zionism -- List of contributors -- Index.

A six-volume survey of the history of Western thought and culture, presented through 700 alphabetically arranged entries. Each entry explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital, among many others. For students and general readers.

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