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A Conversation with Jacques Barzun (DVD)

AUTHOR Barzun, Jacques
PUBLISHER Liberty Fund (08/26/2005)
PRODUCT TYPE Video (DVD-Video)

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Jacques Barzun is one of our most distinguished cultural historians. Born in 1907 in France, he emigrated to America at a young age and attended Columbia University, remaining there, as a student and then as a teacher, for the rest of his academic career. He is one of the most influential writers on liberal education in America, and his books include The House of Intellect, Teacher in America, The American University, and The Modern Researcher. As a cultural historian, he has written widely, including his recently published From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life. A prize-winning bestseller, the work is destined to become a classic in its field.

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ISBN-13: 9780865975897
ISBN-10: 0865975892
Content Language: English
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Carton Quantity: 50
Product Dimensions: 5.40 x 0.60 x 7.50 inches
Weight: 0.40 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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Education | History
Education | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Grade Level: College Freshman - 5th Grade
Dewey Decimal: 306
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Jacques Barzun is one of our most distinguished cultural historians. Born in 1907 in France, he emigrated to America at a young age and attended Columbia University, remaining there, as a student and then as a teacher, for the rest of his academic career. He is one of the most influential writers on liberal education in America, and his books include The House of Intellect, Teacher in America, The American University, and The Modern Researcher. As a cultural historian, he has written widely, including his recently published From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life. A prize-winning bestseller, the work is destined to become a classic in its field.

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Author: Barzun, Jacques
The two authors of this book have had their professional career in history, JACQUES BARZUN in Modern Cultural, HENRY F. GRAFF in American Political and Diplomatic, both at Colombia University. They first collaborated in creating the course in historical method required of all first-year graduate students, and the material for it was and remains the core of The Modern Researcher. Both scholars have published widely in periodicals of specialist and general interest and each has a list of influential books to his credit. Jacques Barzun s latest is From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural History. A summing up of his lifelong studies, it stayed on the best-seller list for weeks in 2000. Henry Graff s latest almost simultaneous are a third edition of his classic compendium The Presidents: A Reference History and Grover Cleveland, a biography.
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