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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... read more
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- Syriac
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First Sentence edit
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.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 45 of 100 in The hundred most influential books since the war. (community list)
Preceded by The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918, and followed by Oriental Despotism.
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- Arnold Joseph Toynbee (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Publication Date: 1939
ISBN: 0192152130
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Publication Date: 1939
ISBN: 0192152130
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- Dewey: 909
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- Books › History › Historical Study › Historiography
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics › Medieval
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › History › Ancient › Early Civilization
- Books › History › Historical Study › Civilization & Culture
- Books › History › World
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