A Little History of the World

Gombrich, E. H.

ISBN 10: 030014332X / ISBN 13: 9780300143324

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2008

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Inhaltsangabe:

In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited 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, and is now available in twenty-five languages across the world. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb.
In between emerges a colourful 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.The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Among E. H. GOMBRICH’s many writings are the international bestsellers The Story of Art and Art and Illusion. He was director of the Warburg Institute of the University of London from 1959 to 1976.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Little History of the World
Verlag: Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Softcover
Illustrator: Harper, Clifford
Zustand: Very Good