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The pursuit of truth : a historian's memoir /

William H. McNeill's seminal book The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community (1963) received the National Book Award in 1964 and was named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of the twentieth century by the Modern Library. From his post at the University of Chicago, McNeill became...

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Main Author: McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-2016
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2005.
Subjects:
McNeill, William Hardy, > 1917-2016.
Historians > Canada > Biography.
Electronic books.
autobiographies (literary genre)
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0813172047
9780813172040
1283233010
9781283233019
9786613233011
6613233013
9780813137254
081313725X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • From childhood to World War II, 1917-1941
  • From basic training to the rise of the West, 1941-1963
  • From the rise of the West to plagues and peoples, 1963-1976
  • From plagues and peoples to retirement, 1976-1987
  • Retirement in Colebrook, 1987-

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