A Study of History: Volume I: Abridgement of Volumes I-VI

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OUP USA, 1987 - 630 Seiten
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 breath-taking breadth and vision. D.C. Somervell's abridgement, in two volumes, of this magnificent enterprise, preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original. Originally published in 1947 and 1957, these two volumes are themselves a great historical achievement.
Volume 1, which abridges the first six volumes of Toynbee's study, includes the Introduction, The Geneses of Civilizations, and The Disintegrations of Civilizations. Volume 2, an abridgement of Volumes VII-X, 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."
 

Inhalt

I
1
II
12
III
35
IV
36
V
41
VI
43
VII
48
VIII
51
XLIV
307
XLV
317
XLVI
326
XLVII
336
XLVIII
349
XLIX
360
L
368
LI
371

IX
55
X
60
XI
67
XII
80
XIII
88
XIV
99
XV
108
XVI
111
XVII
125
XVIII
140
XIX
145
XX
153
XXI
160
XXII
164
XXIV
171
XXV
178
XXVI
181
XXVII
185
XXVIII
187
XXX
198
XXXI
209
XXXII
217
XXXIII
230
XXXIV
241
XXXV
244
XXXVI
247
XXXVII
255
XXXIX
260
XL
272
XLI
275
XLIII
279
LII
375
LIII
393
LV
403
LVI
413
LVII
420
LVIII
429
LIX
440
LX
441
LXI
444
LXII
455
LXIII
465
LXIV
467
LXV
473
LXVI
482
LXVII
495
LXVIII
505
LXIX
515
LXX
520
LXXI
526
LXXII
530
LXXIII
533
LXXV
534
LXXVI
538
LXXVII
540
LXXVIII
544
LXXIX
548
LXXX
555
LXXXI
559
LXXXII
567
LXXXIII
591
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Arnold J. Toynbee was born in London, England on April 14, 1889. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and studied briefly at the British School at Athens. He served in the British foreign office during both world wars and was a delegate to the 1919 Paris Peace Congress. From 1925 to 1955, he held the position of director of studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs and was professor of history at the University of London during approximately the same time. His publications include The Western Question in Greece and Turkey, Civilization on Trial, East to West: A Journey round the World, the 12-volume A Study of History, and Hellenism: The History of a Civilization. He died on October 22, 1975.

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