The first European : a history of Alexander in the age of empire /
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Table of Contents:
- 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.