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ERIC Number: EJ672444
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
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Measuring Achievement: The West and the Rest.
Murray, Charles
Public Interest, n152 p65-80 Sum 2003
Examines data collected for a book on human accomplishment to investigate whether Western accomplishments in the arts and sciences has been too much at center stage. Data include inventories of people and events assembled from major histories and encyclopedic sources, covering the period from 800 BC to 1950. Concludes that since 1400, Europe has overwhelmingly dominated accomplishment in both the arts and sciences. (SM)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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