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Milestones of civilization / Linda Blandford and Peter Davidson.

Title
Milestones of civilization / Linda Blandford and Peter Davidson.
Author
Blandford, Linda.
Publication
London : New Holland, 2009.

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Additional Authors
Davidson, Peter, 1957-
Description
192 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
Summary
What do we mean by civilisation? What are the accepted norms of a civilised society and how have they come about? From the domestication of animals to the concept of zero, the first public works programme to bacteriology, the development of ritual to the idea of the museum, this book surveys important milestones in the history of civilisation.
Subject
  • Civilization > History
  • World history
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-186) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781847730657 (hbk.)
  • 1847730655 (hbk.)
OCLC
271774541
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library