The first European : a history of Alexander in the age of empire / Pierre Briant ; translated by Nicholas Elliott.
Briant, Pierre, author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2017
DF234.2 .B74713 2017
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Title The first European : a history of Alexander in the age of empire / Pierre Briant ; translated by Nicholas Elliott.
Author Briant, Pierre, author.
Uniform Title Alexandre des lumières English
ISBN 9780674972841 (electronic bk.)
0674972848 (electronic bk.)
9780674659667
067465966X
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Copyright ©2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 482 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color.
Call Number DF234.2 .B74713 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 938/.0707204
Note "First published as Alexandre des lumieres: fragments d'histoire européenne by Pierre Briant © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2012."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Translation of Alexandre des Lumières.
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Introduction: Fragments of European history
I. A critical history
History, morals, and philosophy
Alexander in Europe: erudition and history
II. 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
German Alexanders
IV. The sense of history
After Alexander?
Alexander, Europe, and the immobile Orient
Conclusion.

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