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The Rise of the West

- A History of the Human Community
Af: William H. McNeill Engelsk Paperback

The Rise of the West

- A History of the Human Community
Af: William H. McNeill Engelsk Paperback
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The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human cultures interacted at every stage of their history. The author suggests that from the Neolithic beginnings of grain agriculture to the present major social changes in all parts of the world were triggered by new or newly important foreign stimuli, and he presents a persuasive narrative of world history to support this claim. In a retrospective essay titled "The Rise of the West after Twenty-five Years," McNeill shows how his book was shaped by the time and place in which it was written (1954-63). He discusses how historiography subsequently developed and suggests how his portrait of the world's past in The Rise of the West should be revised to reflect these changes. "This is not only the most learned and the most intelligent, it is also the most stimulating and fascinating book that has ever set out to recount and explain the whole history of mankind. . . . To read it is a great experience. It leaves echoes to reverberate, and seeds to germinate in the mind."—H. R. Trevor-Roper, New York Times Book Review
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The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human cultures interacted at every stage of their history. The author suggests that from the Neolithic beginnings of grain agriculture to the present major social changes in all parts of the world were triggered by new or newly important foreign stimuli, and he presents a persuasive narrative of world history to support this claim. In a retrospective essay titled "The Rise of the West after Twenty-five Years," McNeill shows how his book was shaped by the time and place in which it was written (1954-63). He discusses how historiography subsequently developed and suggests how his portrait of the world's past in The Rise of the West should be revised to reflect these changes. "This is not only the most learned and the most intelligent, it is also the most stimulating and fascinating book that has ever set out to recount and explain the whole history of mankind. . . . To read it is a great experience. It leaves echoes to reverberate, and seeds to germinate in the mind."—H. R. Trevor-Roper, New York Times Book Review
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 860
ISBN-13: 9780226561417
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0226561410
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 1 jan 1992
Længde: 38mm
Bredde: 153mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 1 jan 1992
Forfatter(e): William H. McNeill
Forfatter(e) William H. McNeill

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9780226561417

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 860

Udgave

Længde 38mm

Bredde 153mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 1 jan 1992

Oplagsdato 1 jan 1992

Forlag The University of Chicago Press

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