UID:
edocfu_9959230090402883
Format:
1 online resource (305 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-300-13207-7
Series Statement:
Little Histories
Uniform Title:
Kurze Weltgeschichte f?ur Junge Leser.
Content:
E. H. Gombrich's bestselling history of the world for young readers tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not on small detail but on the sweep of human experience, the extent of human achievement, and the depth of its frailty. The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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CONTENTS --
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Preface --
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1. Once Upon a Time --
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2. The Greatest Inventors of All Time --
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3. The Land by the Nile --
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4. Sunday, Monday --
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5. The One and Only God --
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6. I C-A-N R-E-A-D --
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7. Heroes and their Weapons --
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8. An Unequal Struggle --
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9. Two Small Cities in One Small Land --
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10. The Enlightened One and his Land --
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11. The Great Teacher of a Great People --
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12. The Greatest Adventure of All --
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13. New Wars and New Warriors --
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14. An Enemy of History --
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15. Rulers of the Western World --
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16. The Good News --
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17. Life in the Empire and at its Frontiers --
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18. The Storm --
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19. The Starry Night Begins --
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20. There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet --
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21. A Conqueror who Knows How to Rule --
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22. A Struggle to Become Lord of Christendom --
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23. Chivalrous Knights --
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24. Emperors in the Age of Chivalry --
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25. Cities and Citizens --
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26. A New Age --
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27. A New World --
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28. A New Faith --
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29. The Church at War --
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30. Terrible Times --
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31. An Unlucky King and a Lucky King --
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32. Meanwhile, Looking Eastwards ... --
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33. A Truly New Age --
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34. A Very Violent Revolution --
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35. The Last Conqueror --
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36. Men and Machines --
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37. Across the Seas --
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38. Two New States in Europe --
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39. Dividing Up the World --
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40. The Small Part of the History of the World Which I Have Lived Through Myself: Looking Back
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-10883-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300132076
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