“…It was on the borderlands that the expanding great empires--German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman--overlapped, clashed, and disintegrated. The civilization of these borderlands was a mix of multiple cultures, languages, ethnic groups, religions, and nations that similarly overlapped and clashed. …”

“…La double "canonisation" de Jeanne d'Arc, religieuse et civile, intervient en 1920. Au moment où ce processus est engagé, la République et l'Eglise catholique honorent chacune la future sainte et la libératrice du pays. …”

“…Esa mutua identificación viene a ser causa y efecto de otra arquitectura, otra ciudad y otra geografía más civiles y menos inhumanas.-- Contracubierta…”

“…"The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. But books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. …”

“…Although the telescope was soon transmitted to China, Mughal India, and the Ottoman Empire, those civilizations did not respond as Europeans did to the new instrument. …”

“…Adopting a wide geographical coverage and comparative perspective, the international team of authors discuss the contributions of Greek, Roman, and Asian civilizations to the development of capitalism, as well as the Chinese, Indian and Arab empires. …”

“…Por lo que hace a la producción impresa en América española, no exageraríamos al afirmar que un grandísimo porcentaje de los libros y folletos impresos entre los siglos XVII-XVIII lo constituyen precisamente las relaciones de las 'felices entradas de sus gobernantes civiles o eclesiásticos o por modo contrario las fúnebres demostraciones a ellos dedicadas…”

“…The vision of Sustainable Nation is to accelerate the pace of progress of human civilization to create an equitable and sustainable world. …”

“…The very creation of the 'classical' and the perennial use of Greece by later European civilizations as a source of knowledge and inspiration would not have taken place without the textual innovations of the classical period. …”

“…The first volume is centered on corporatist institutions, with emphasis on negotiations by civil society actors in interplay with the state. …”