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His novel middle passage won the 1990 national book award. The new era, lodhra press, egmore, madras, march 1929the prime characteristic of modern western thought is the perception of the fact that western culture has been tried and found wanting. The decline of the west by oswald spengler, 9781400097005, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The new era, lodhra press, egmore, madras, march 1929the prime characteristic of modern western thought is the perception of. In this new and revised edition of oswald spenglers classic man and technics, spengler makes a number of predictions that today, more than 80 years after the book.

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