ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2222
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

829pp , in English . ABOUT THE BOOK :: The Rise of the West , winner of the National History Book Award in 1964 , is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill Spengler - Toynbee challenges the view that a number of essentially independent civilizations pursued separate careers, and argues instead that human cultures interact at every stage of its history. The author suggests that since the beginning of Neolithic agriculture grain to current major social changes throughout the world have been caused by new or newly important external stimuli, and presents a compelling account of the history of the world to support this claim . In a retrospective essay titled `The Rise of the West, after twenty-five, ` McNeill shows how his book was shaped by time and place in which it was written ( 1954-1963 ) . He discusses how historiography has subsequently developed and suggests how the last portrait of the world in The Rise of the West should be revised to reflect these changes. ` This is not only the wisest and the most intelligent, it is also the most stimulating and fascinating book that has been proposed to tell and explain the whole history of mankind .... To read it is a great experience. Get echoes resound , and seeds to germinate in the mind. ` -H. R. Trevor- Roper , New York Times Book Review..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 view the Spengler - Toynbee That a number of separate civilizations Pursued Essentially independent careers , and Argues That human cultures Instead 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 have presents a persuasive narrative of world history to support esta claim . In a retrospective essay