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BL
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| Record Number
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582348
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b411567
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| Main Entry
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McGilchrist, Iain.
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| Title & Author
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The master and his emissary : : the divided brain and the making of the Western world /\ Iain McGilchrist.
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| Publication Statement
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New Haven :: Yale University Press,, [2010], c2009.
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| Page. NO
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ix, 534 p. :: ill. (some col.) ;; 22 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780300188370
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: 0300188374
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| Notes
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Reprint. Originally published: c2009.
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Complete bibliography available as accompanying printout.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes selected bibliographical references (p. [463]-522) and index.
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| Abstract
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Explores the differences between the brain's right and left hemispheres and argues that the brain's differing insights, values, and priorities have had profound effects on society, history, and culture.
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| Subject
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Cerebral dominance.
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Social evolution-- History.
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Civilization, Western-- History.
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| LC Classification
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QP385.5.M36 2010
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