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Week of May 25, 1947

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A STUDY OF HISTORY
Arnold Toynbee
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A STUDY OF HISTORY

by Arnold Toynbee · Oxford University Press

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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 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."

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MODERN WOMAN
Ferdinand Lundberg and Marynia F. Farnham

MODERN WOMAN

by Ferdinand Lundberg and Marynia F. Farnham · Harper

2 wks on list

Discusses the sociological and psychological context of American women in the post World War II era.

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MAN AGAINST MYTH
Barrows Dunhams

MAN AGAINST MYTH

by Barrows Dunhams · Little, Brown

2 wks on list

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.