Cynthia Stokes Brown

Cynthia Stokes Brown (March 20, 1938 – October 15, 2017) was an American educator and historian. Quotes The word "civilization" apparently first appeared in a French book in the mid-eighteenth century (L'Ami des hommes (1756) by Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, the father of the French revolutionary politician). Since then, it has had close associations with the West's sense of its own superiority. In order to see the past clearly, we must try to avoid this assumption built into the word. External links Category:1938 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Historians from the United States Category:Educators from the United States Category:Duke University alumni Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni Category:American Book Award winners Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Women born in the 1930s