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The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community by William H McNeill
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Pages
- 860
- Publication Date
- 1992-01-01
- Edition Number
- 2
- ISBN
- 9780226561417
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226561410
ISBN-13
9780226561417
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88461
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rise of the West : a History of the Human Community
Number of Pages
860 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Topic
Civilization, Ancient / General, World, Europe / General
Features
Reprint
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
2.3 in
Item Weight
40.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
91-024224
Reviews
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.
Dewey Edition
20
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
901.9
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
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, WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD One of the most important works of history from the twentieth century, The Rise of the West , winner of the National Book Award in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, William H. McNeill challenges the then-prevalent view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human cultures interacted at every stage of their history. McNeill argues instead 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.
LC Classification Number
CB69.M34 1990
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