@article{449196,
      author = {Barzun, Jacques,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/449196},
      title = {From dawn to decadence : 500 years of western cultural  life, 1500 to the present /},
      publisher = {Perennial,},
      abstract = {Showcases the triumphs and defeats of five hundred years  of Western cultural history, highlighting the contributions  of women and arguing that decadance is required in order to  spark creativity in the next era.},
      recid = {449196},
      pages = {xvii, 877 p. ;},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2001},
}