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A Study of History / Arnold Toynbee;

By: Toynbee, ArnoldContributor(s): Toynbee, ArnoldMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :Zafaa Books & Distributors | :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, @1987Description: xii, 414 pages 24cmISBN: 9780195050813Subject(s): History | World history | Civilization | History -- Philosophy | Civilizations | Histoire -- Philosophie | CultuurgeschiedenisDDC classification: 909 TOY

Contents:

Volume 1. (Abridgement of volumes I-V). The geneses of civilizations -- The growths of civilizations -- The breakdowns of civilizations -- The disintegrations of civilizations. Volume 2. (Abridgement of volumes VI-X.) Universal states -- Universal churches -- Heroic ages -- Contracts between civilizations in space -- Contacts between civilizations in time -- Rhythms in the histories of civilizations -- The prospects of the Wester civilization -- The inspirations of historians.

Summary: Toynbee's analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations has been acknowledged as an achievement without parallel in modern scholarship. This abridgement, while reducing the work to one-sixth of its original size, preserves its method, atmosphere, texture, and for the most part, the author's very words.

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Abridgment of volumes VII-X / by D.C. Sommervell.

Volume 1. (Abridgement of volumes I-V). The geneses of civilizations --
The growths of civilizations --
The breakdowns of civilizations --
The disintegrations of civilizations. Volume 2. (Abridgement of volumes VI-X.) Universal states --
Universal churches --
Heroic ages --
Contracts between civilizations in space --
Contacts between civilizations in time --
Rhythms in the histories of civilizations --
The prospects of the Wester civilization --
The inspirations of historians.

Toynbee's analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations has been acknowledged as an achievement without parallel in modern scholarship. This abridgement, while reducing the work to one-sixth of its original size, preserves its method, atmosphere, texture, and for the most part, the author's very words.

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