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Acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship, Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History is a ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations. Contained in two volumes, D.C. Somervell's abridgement of this magnificent enterprise preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original. First published in 1947 and 1957, these two volumes are themselves a great historical achievement. Volume 2, which abridges Volumes VII-X of Toynbee's study, includes sections on Universal States, Universal Churches, Heroic Ages, Contacts Between Civilizations in Space, Contacts Between Civilizations in Time, Law and Freedom in HIstory, The Prospects of the Western Civilization, and the Conclusion. Of Somervell's work, Toynbee wrote, "The reader now has at his command a uniform abridgement of the whole book, made by a clear mind that has not only mastered the contents but has entered into the writer's outlook and purpose.… (más)
Definitely better than volumes I-VI, but you can tell that it was written in the 1940s. Toynbee's understanding of non-western civilizations seems sketchy. He seems to be more interested in driving his personal religious agenda than in explaining history as objectively as possible.
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
The starting-point of this book was a search for fields of historical study which would be intelligible in themselves within their own limits of space and time, without reference to extraneous historical events.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Finally, he proceeded to investigate the geneses and growths of civilizations, and so this Study of History came to be written.
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
This Work is Volume 2 only (Volumes VII-X) of Somervell's abridgement of Toynbee's A Study of History. It should not be combined with either Volume 1 or Somervell's complete 2-volume abridgement, nor should it be combined with any other abridgement or any individual volumes of Toynbee's unabridged Work. Thank you.
Acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship, Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History is a ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations. Contained in two volumes, D.C. Somervell's abridgement of this magnificent enterprise preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original. First published in 1947 and 1957, these two volumes are themselves a great historical achievement. Volume 2, which abridges Volumes VII-X of Toynbee's study, includes sections on Universal States, Universal Churches, Heroic Ages, Contacts Between Civilizations in Space, Contacts Between Civilizations in Time, Law and Freedom in HIstory, The Prospects of the Western Civilization, and the Conclusion. Of Somervell's work, Toynbee wrote, "The reader now has at his command a uniform abridgement of the whole book, made by a clear mind that has not only mastered the contents but has entered into the writer's outlook and purpose.
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