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Overview
In this intriguing book, best-selling author Alf Mapp, Jr. explores three periods in Western history that exploded with creativity: Elizabethan England, Renaissance Florence, and America's founding. What enabled these societies to make staggering jumps in scientific knowledge, develop new political structures, or create timeless works of art?
Synopsis
In this intriguing book, best-selling author Alf Mapp, Jr. explores three periods in Western history that exploded with creativity: Elizabethan England, Renaissance Florence, and America's founding. What enabled these societies to make staggering jumps in scientific knowledge, develop new political structures, or create timeless works of art?
Booknews
Using three periods in Western civilization as his launching point, the author examines characteristics of extremely creative societies and explores the facets which link them. After identifying key elements (e.g., a steady economy, recognized intellectual leaders, and tension between tradition and experimentation), he discusses the implications that knowledge of these elements could have on contemporary American thought. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.