Fall Books from Columbia
Basic Values of Western Civilization
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By
Shepard
B.
Clough.
In this book, Professor Clough
defines Western man's basic values. He discusses the
principles which have created Weste'rn values, and raises
such questions as: Is Western culture dominated by the desire for
material things? How much does the West value knowlt?dge, re–
ligion, esthetics? How is progress related to the values of Western
culture? The author also evaluates the probable future of typically
Western values.
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$3.00
Songs of the Civil War
Compiled and edited by Irwin Silber.
This beautifully
illustrated volume is the most comprehensive collection
of Civil War songs
ever
published. It includes the words
and
music to all of the best-loved songs of the Civil War, including
"John Brown's Body," "Battle Cry of Freedom," "Dixie," "When
Johnny Comes Marching Home," "Yellow Rose of Texas," and
many, many others. Irwin Silber's lively and informative notes tell
the story behind each song, and the songs have been arranged fOJ;
folk singers and guitarists.
Illustrated
400 pages
$7.50
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Hard Times
Reformers Among the Late Victorians
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By
Herman Ausubel.
Based largely on unpublished
manuscript sources, this book gives the reader a pano–
ramic view of traditional England in the late Victorian
period. It shows how, through the words and deeds of
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Gladstone, Chamberlain, Shaw and many others, the old order was
attacked and revised, making way for the modern welfare society.
November
28,
$7.50
Columbia University Press
2960 Broadway, New York 27
