į I R S T VI N T AG E B OOK S E D I T I O N, N O V E M B E R 1996 Copyright © 1995 by Sim on SchamaĪ ll rights reserved under Interna tion al a n d P a n-A m erica n Copyright Conventions. He lives outside N ew York City with his wife and two children.Ī D iv is io n o f R a n d o m H o u se, In c.
H e is also the writer-presenter o f historical and art-historical documentaries for B B C television and art critic at The N ew Yorker. H e is the prize-winning author o f P a t r i ots a n d Liberators: R ev o lu tio n in the N etherlands 17 8 0 -1 8 1 3 The Em barrassm ent o f Riches: A n Interp retation o f D u tc h C u l ture in the G olden Age C itizen s: A C hron icle o f the French R e v olution and D e a d C er ta in ties (U n w a rra n ted Speculations). He is now O ld Dominion Foundation Professor o f the Humanities in the departments o f art history and history at Columbia University. Simon Schama Landscape and Memory Simon Schama was born in London, in 1945, and since 1966 has taught history at Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard uni versities. Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the N etherlands 17 8 0 -18 13 Two Rothschilds and the La n d o f Israel The Embarrassment o f Riches: A n Interpretation o f D utch C u ltu re in the Golden A ge Citizens: A Chronicle o f the French Revolution D ead C ertainties (U nw arranted Speculations) Readers will continue to derive pleasure from this remarkable book, so ambitious in concep tion, so consistendy entertaining in execution.” “A writer whose story-telling skills, descriptive power, imagination and verve make a com parison with Kipling by no means absurd. Few historians have made ancient places come alive so well. “ History needs its singers o f epic tales, and Schama. allows individual human beings in all their clumsy complexity back on stage.” By giving chance and accident major roles in history, Schama is also making room for other unpredictable things- passion, personal ity, charisma, eloquence, art, sex. Propelled by Schama’s sparkling style, the book springs along like a deer in the woods.” “This is one o f the most intelligent, original, stimulating, self-indulgent, perverse, and irre sistibly enjoyable books that I have ever had the delight o f reviewing.” - Philip Ziegler, The D a ily Telegraph (London) Schama manages his tour de force with extravagant wit copious detail.” “A bold journey across thirty centuries and four continents. It is that rarest o f commodities in our cultural marketplace, a work o f genuine originality.” - The N ew R ep u b lic “ Landscape a n d M em ory will inform and haunt, chasten and enrage its readers. Schama is one o f those rare, imaginative historians who introduce the reader to a kind o f yesteryear they never dreamed existed.” an impressive enrich ment o f the general sensibility.”
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Landscape a n d M em ory is a continual delight, learned full o f elegant riffs. Schama’s range o f reference is enormous. of Hong Kong) assisted with the documents volume.Sim on Scham a’s Landscape and Memory “An extraordinary book. Tucker (history, emeritus, Virginia Military Institute) Priscilla Mary Roberts (history, U. The fifth volume presents a selection of important documents representing the pre-war period through the aftermath.Įdited by Spencer C. Entries are signed and include references and cross-references. The campaigns, individual battles major weapons systems, diplomatic conferences, and key individuals, as well as the war's historiographical controversiesĪnd major turning points, and life on the home front. Following are the alphabetically arranged entries covering the major theaters,
The first volume presents three overview essays on the origins and legacy of the war. After a section of 15 general maps (included in each volume),
This is a solid reference for a general audience, with a decent selection of maps and photos in b & w. The subtitle declares this a "student encyclopedia,"īut there's nothing condescending about the articles or their presentation (no glossy color photos or boxed features) instead, This five-volume set contains some 1,200 entries prepared by a roster of 270 international contributors.
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