A Study of History

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Oxford University Press, 1987 - 432 páginas
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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UNIVERSAL STATES
1
SIC VOS NON VOBIS
11
c The Conflict between Heart and Head
94
d The Promise of the Churches Future
103
THE COURSE OF THE TRAGEDY
120
CONTACTS BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS
144
THE CONSEQUENCES OF ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN CON
219
CONTACTS BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS
241
THE RECALCITRANCE OF HUMAN NATURE TO LAWS
293
THE LAW OF GOD
299
THE INCONCLUSIVENESS OF A PRIORI ANSWERS
307
TECHNOLOGY WAR AND GOVERNMENT
321
TECHNOLOGY CLASS CONFLICT AND EMPLOYMENT
332
CONCLUSION
350
b The Significance of the Churches Past
380
INDEX
395

LAW AND FREEDOM IN HISTORY
261
THE AMENABILITY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS TO LAWS OF NATURE
268

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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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