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A Study of History by Arnold J. Toynbee

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Author Biography

Name: Arnold Joseph Toynbee
Birth Date: 1889
Death Date: October 22, 1975
Place of Birth: London, England
Place of Death: York, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: historian, philosopher

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Biography of Arnold Joseph Toynbee
692 words, approx. 2.3 pages
A controversial historian, Arnold Joseph Toynbee is best known for his 12-volume work entitled A Study of History (1934-1961). He was born in London on April 14, 1889, into a scholarly, upper middle class family. His Uncle Arnold was a well-known English...
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Biography of Arnold Joseph Toynbee
614 words, approx. 2 pages
The English historian and philosopher of history Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889-1972) described himself as a "metahistorian" whose "intelligible field of study" was civilization. Arnold Toynbee was born into an upper-middle-class family in London. He attend...


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A Study of History Information
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A Study of History is the 12-volume magnum opus of British historian Arnold J. Toynbee, finished in 1961. In this immensely detailed and complex work, Toynbee traces the birth, growth and decay of some 21 to 23 major civilizations in the world. These...


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The Boston Globe
Studying - And Shaping - History
02/22/1987: 1,094 words, approx. 4 pages
BROOKLINE - A pilot program here that aims to change the way students learn history is also giving them a chance to see how they might make social changes themselves. The course teaches history as a process and as the combined actions of ordinary...
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History Review
Postmodernism and the study of History.
12/01/1998: 1,998 words, approx. 7 pages
History is best understood in terms of what historians have written about it. Most of the 20th century has been labeled as a period of "postmodernism," with a strong belief in science and progress. Although many such as E. H. Carr believed the modern...
 


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