Toynbee, Arnold 1889-1975

A study of history by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
727 editions published between 1922 and 2013 in 15 languages and held by 9,579 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Toynbee's analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations has been acknowledged as an achievement without parallel in modern scholarship. This abridgement, while reducing the work to one-sixth of its original size, preserves its method, atmosphere, texture, and for the most part, the author's very words

Civilization on trial : [essays] by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
130 editions published between 1946 and 2013 in 10 languages and held by 2,894 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Thirteen essays and lectures written over a period of years, dealing with many problems

Choose life : a dialogue by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
54 editions published between 1976 and 2007 in 10 languages and held by 2,637 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The topics discussed in this book are of very diverse kinds. Some of them are urgent concern at the present time, but some of them are issues of perennial importance that have been pondered and discussed by human beings ever since the unknown date at which our ancestors first awoke to consciousness. It seems probable that these perennial questions will continue to be debated so long as mankind survives in the psychosomatic form in which we exist in our material environment, that is to say, in the biosphere that covers the planet earth

An historian's approach to religion : based on Gifford lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh in the years 1952 and 1953 by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
73 editions published between 1955 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 2,581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu gai gua le zuo zhe de quan bu zong jiao si xiang. cong wen hua de jiao du, jie shi le zong jiao zai shi jie li shi ji wen ming shi zhong de zhong yao zuo yong, tan tao le zong jiao de qi yuan, ben zhi ji qi yu qi ta yi shi xing tai de guan xi

Mankind and Mother Earth : a narrative history of the world by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
65 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in 8 languages and held by 2,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The final work of the preeminent world historian of our time presents a general, balanced narrative of the world's great civilizations, East and West, from ancient Sumerian to modern technological

The world and the West by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
92 editions published between 1952 and 2002 in 8 languages and held by 1,988 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Professor Toynbee discusses the impact of our Western civilization on the rest of the world

Cities of destiny by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
32 editions published between 1967 and 1985 in 3 languages and held by 1,873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A reference book about cities of the world

Change and habit; the challenge of our time by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
43 editions published between 1966 and 2001 in 8 languages and held by 1,797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hellenism; the history of a civilization by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
65 editions published between 1959 and 1987 in 7 languages and held by 1,687 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Surveys Hellenism from its earliest beginnings at the end of the second millennium B. C. until its decline in the seventh century of the Christian era. A provocative analysis of the Greek ideal

The crucible of Christianity : Judaism, Hellenism, and the historical background to the Christian faith by Arnold Toynbee ( Book )
14 editions published in 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,662 WorldCat member libraries worldwide