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Review: A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6

Nutzerbericht - Eddy Allen - Goodreads

Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. A ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations, it is a work of ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6

Nutzerbericht - Patrick McLean - Goodreads

As a writer I find this book to be a useful and inspiring tool. It makes my world-making brainy parts light up light Christmas. If you are a fan of stories with big cosmologies (which would be ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 7-10

Nutzerbericht - René - Goodreads

A truly comprehensive and masterful review of history, although religion takes too much importance in Toynbee's perception of what history and men are. Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6

Nutzerbericht - Don Robertson - Goodreads

Toynbee's abridger, DC Somervell gives us a wild ride through the dated views of Arnold Toynbee, -if little enough historical reference. This is worth plowing through, if just to reaffirm the ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6

Nutzerbericht - Yury Lyandres - Goodreads

Quite a few clear ideas, too much religious rambling Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6

Nutzerbericht - René - Goodreads

Masterful ! Although some may argue with some of Mr Toynbee's ideas (the number of civilizations that matterred or when breakdown occurs), or find his criticism of other groundbreakers (such as Gibbon ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6

Nutzerbericht - Richard - Goodreads

One of the most influential books I have ever read. Oxford World historian Arnold Toynbee was so popular after World War II he appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, yet, following his death in 1975 ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6

Nutzerbericht - Michael Ryan - Goodreads

I learnt a lot. There are civilisations in here that I had never previously heard of, especially around the South of Turkey, the steppes of Eastern Europe and the Dneipr valley. Both George Yeo and ... Vollständige Rezension lesen