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Simon Schama - Definition and Overview |
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 Photo of Simon Schama by Robert Birnbaum Simon Schama (born 1945) is University Professor in history and art history at Columbia University. His many works on history and art include Landscape and Memory, Dead Certainties, Rembrandt's Eyes, and his history of the French Revolution, Citizens. He is best known for writing and hosting the 15‑part BBC documentary series A History of Britain. He was an art and cultural critic for The New Yorker.
Books
- Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands 1780-1813 (1977)
- The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age (1987)
- Citizens. A Chronicle of the French Revolution (1989)
- Dead Certainties (1991) (a novel)
- Landscape and Memory (1995)
- Rembrandts Eyes (1999)
- A History of Britain (2000-2003)
- Two Rothschilds and the Land of Israel (1978)
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Example Usage of Schama |
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jdtreece: Almost done with college and nothing but bills to show for it. At least I know who Simon Schama is... That'll get me the $$ |
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llapen: @ianvisits I'm not familiar with Marr, but I like historian Simon Schama's laid back style. |
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