The first European : a history of Alexander in the age of empire /

Main Author: Briant, Pierre
Format: Book
Language:English
French
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245 1 4 |a The first European :  |b a history of Alexander in the age of empire /  |c Pierre Briant ; translated by Nicholas Elliott 
300 1 4 |a xvi, 284 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 22 cm 
500 1 4 |a "First published as Alexandre des lumieres: fragments d'histoire européenne by Pierre Briant © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2012."--Title page verso 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 4 |a Introduction: Fragments of European history -- I. Development and affirmation of a critical history -- History, morals, and philosophy -- Alexander in Europe: erudition and history -- II. A new model: the conqueror-philosopher -- War, reason, and civilization -- A successful conquest -- Affirming and contesting the model -- III. Empires and nations -- Lessons of empire, from the Thames to the Indus -- Alexander in France from the Revolution to the Restoration (c. 1790-1830) -- German Alexanders (c. 1790-1830) -- IV. The sense of history -- After Alexander? -- Alexander, Europe, and the immobile Orient -- Conclusion: Assessment and perspectives: from the past to the present. 
600 0 0 |a Alexander,  |d 356 B.C.-323 B.C. 
650 0 0 |a Hellenism  |x Influence 
650 0 0 |a Hellenism  |x Historiography 
650 0 0 |a History, Ancient  |x Historiography 
651 0 0 |a Europe  |x Intellectual life  |y 18th century 
651 0 0 |a Greece  |x History  |y Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.  |x Historiography 
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