Felipe Fernandez-Armesto "Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature"
Free Press | 2001-05-02 | ISBN: 0743202481 | 560 pages | PDF | 7,7 MB
"Civilization" is a tricky term, one that means many things to many people. For some, it denotes great buildings, canals, codes of law; for others, it offers a contrast between one group and another, with the advantage always going to the more "civilized" bunch against the "barbaric," "savage," or "primitive."...