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			Western civilization : their history and their culture by Burns, Edward McNall Edition: 6th ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton, 1963 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (2)Call number: CB245 B876W 1963, ... Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Western civilizations : their history and their culture volume I by Burns, Edward McNall Lerner, Robert E Meacham, Standish Edition: 10th ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton, 1984 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: CB245 B876W 1984. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The humanities in western culture : a search for human values by Lamm, Robert C Edition: 4th ed. , brief version Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Madison : Brown & Benchmark, 1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: CB245 L355H 1996. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	A history of Western society. volume A, from antiquity to 1500 / John P. Mckay, Bennett D. Hill, John Buckler by McKay, John P Hill, Bennett D Buckler, John Edition: 5th ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: General; Publication details: Boston, Mass. : , c1995 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: CB245 M324H 1995. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The Renaissance complete / edited by Margaret Aston. by Aston, Margaret [ed.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2013 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: CB361 R462. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Reflexive historical sociology [electronic resource] / Arpad Szakolczai. by Szakolczai, Árpád Series: Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 22 Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 2000 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			True West : arts, traditions, and celebrations by Mather, Christine Parsons, Jack, photographer Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Clarkson Potter, 1992 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: F595.3 M374T. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			True West : arts, traditions, and celebrations by Mather, Christine Parsons, Jack, photographer Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Clarkson Potter, 1992 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: F595.3 M374T. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Radical enlightenment : philosophy and the making of modernity 1650-1750 / Jonathan I. Israel by Israel, Jonathan Irvine Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: B802 I872R. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Aryans, Jews, Brahmins [electronic resource] : theorizing authority through myths of identity / Dorothy M. Figueira. by Figueira, Dorothy Matilda, 1955- Series: SUNY series, the margins of literature Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2002 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	The meaning of Europe [electronic resource] : variety and contention within and among nations / edited by Mikael af Malmborg and Bo Stråth. by Malmborg, Mikael af, 1962- [ed.] Stråth, Bo, 1943- [ed.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Berg, 2002 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)