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Title: not a history of knowledge--more a synopsis of history
Review: Fine bedtime reading--highly soporific! This book has a huge Western Civilization/Chrisitianity bias, as though anyone reading it would only be interested in other cultures to the extent that they influenced the dominant culture. The shallowness of his remarks in areas that I know a great deal about lead me to distrust his remarks in areas that I am less familiar with. After a while, I found that what I really wanted to do was re-read Boorstin's Discoverers, which is far more interesting and satisfying.
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