Lessons of History

Lessons of History

Simon & Schuster trade pbk Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for the reader the accumulated store of knowledge and experience from their five decades of work on the eleven monumental volumes of The Story of Civilization. The result is a survey of human history, full of dazzling insights into the nature of human experience, the evolution of civilization, and the culture of man. With the completion of their life's work, they look back and ask what history has to say about the nature, the conduct and the prospects of man, seeking in the great lives, the great ideas, the great events of the past for the meaning of man's long journey through war, conquest and creation - and for the great themes that can help us to understand our own era.

Book information

ISBN: 9781439149959
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub date:
Edition: Simon & Schuster trade pbk Edition
DEWEY: 901
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 117
Weight: 124g
Height: 212mm
Width: 138mm
Spine width: 9mm