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Alexandria : city of the western mind
- Title
- Alexandria : city of the western mind / Theodore Vrettos.
- Author
- Vrettos, Theodore.
- Publication
- New York : Free Press, [2001], ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DT73.A4 V73 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Alexandria was the greatest cultural capital of ancient world. Theodore Vrettos now tells its story for the first time in a single volume. His blend of literary and scholarly qualities makes stories that played out among architectural wonders of the ancient world come alive. His central contention that this amazing metropolis created the western mind can now take its place in cultural history."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-225) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The Birth of the City -- Pt. 2. The Mind of the City -- Pt. 3. The Power of the City -- Pt. 4. The Soul of the City -- Pt. 5. The Death of the City.
- ISBN
- 0743205693 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001040891
- OCLC
- ocm47803570
- SCSB-4217588
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries