Of Somervell's work, Toynbee wrote, "The reader now has at his command a uniform abridgement of the whole book, made by a clear mind that has not only mastered the contents but has entered into the writer's outlook and purpose. Toynbees major work was an attempt at a universal history studying the rise and fall of major civilisations. Volume 2, an abridgement of Volumes VII-X, includes sections on Universal States, Universal churches, Heroic Ages, Contacts Between Civilizations in Space, Contacts Between Civilizations in Time, Law and Freedom in History, The Prospects of the Western Civilization, and the Conclusion. Volume 1, which abridges the first six volumes of Toynbee's study, includes the Introduction, The Geneses of Civilizations, and The Disintegrations of Civilizations. Originally published in 19, these two volumes are themselves a great historical achievement. Somervell's abridgement, in two volumes, of this magnificent enterprise, preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original. A ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations, it is a work of breath-taking breadth and vision. Arnold Joseph Toynbee is undoubtedly one of the most influential and significant historians of the twentieth century. Contributor, Royal Institute of International. Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. Title, A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes I-X Bij D.C.
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