A little history of the world
(Book - Regular Print)
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005].
Physical Desc
xix, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005].
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Book - Regular Print
Language
English
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"In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte fur junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success. It is now available in eighteen languages across the world." "Toward the end of his long life, Gombrich embarked upon a revision and, at last, an English translation. A Little History of the World presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time." "In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of humanity 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 experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties."--Jacket.
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Translated from the German.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gombrich, E. H. 1. (2005). A little history of the world . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gombrich, E. H. 1909-2001. 2005. A Little History of the World. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gombrich, E. H. 1909-2001. A Little History of the World Yale University Press, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gombrich, E. H. 1909-2001. A Little History of the World Yale University Press, 2005.
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