A little history of the world / Ernst Gombrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001.

Series:

Little Histories

Standardized Title:

Kurze Weltgeschichte f?ur Junge Leser. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World history--Juvenile literature.

World history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Preface

1. Once Upon a Time

2. The Greatest Inventors of All Time

3. The Land by the Nile

4. Sunday, Monday

5. The One and Only God

6. I C-A-N R-E-A-D

7. Heroes and their Weapons

8. An Unequal Struggle

9. Two Small Cities in One Small Land

10. The Enlightened One and his Land

11. The Great Teacher of a Great People

12. The Greatest Adventure of All

13. New Wars and New Warriors

14. An Enemy of History

15. Rulers of the Western World

16. The Good News

17. Life in the Empire and at its Frontiers

18. The Storm

19. The Starry Night Begins

20. There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet

21. A Conqueror who Knows How to Rule

22. A Struggle to Become Lord of Christendom

23. Chivalrous Knights

24. Emperors in the Age of Chivalry

25. Cities and Citizens

26. A New Age

27. A New World

28. A New Faith

29. The Church at War

30. Terrible Times

31. An Unlucky King and a Lucky King

32. Meanwhile, Looking Eastwards ...

33. A Truly New Age

34. A Very Violent Revolution

35. The Last Conqueror

36. Men and Machines

37. Across the Seas

38. Two New States in Europe

39. Dividing Up the World

40. The Small Part of the History of the World Which I Have Lived Through Myself: Looking Back

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780300132076

0300132077

OCLC:

1024040685