Rites of Spring : The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age - Softcover

Modris Eksteins

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9780886192020: Rites of Spring : The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

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ISBN 10: 0886192021 ISBN 13: 9780886192020

Publisher: Key Porter Books, 2002

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In a remarkable display of originality and discerning historical analysis Rites Of Spring describes the origins, the impact, and the aftermath of the Great War of 1914-1918, arguably the most traumatic event of this century.

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ble display of originality and discerning historical analysis Rites Of Spring describes the origins, the impact, and the aftermath of the Great War of 1914-1918, arguably the most traumatic event of this century.

About the Author:

MODRIS EKSTEINS is professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto. His bestselling Walking Since Daybreak won the Pearson Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize, and was named one of the Best Books of 2000 by the Times Literary Supplement, the Los Angeles Times and the Globe and Mail. Solar Dance, the much-anticipated follow-up to Rites of Spring, will be published in January 2012.

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