The Nation, October 2nd, 1989
This year sees the centenary of the birth of the English historian Arnold Toynbee, who forty years was as famous for his pronouncements on the political and moral challenges of the contemporary world as for his immense Study of History. The Study, Toynbee's most celebrated but possibly (at 3 million words) least-read work, is an investigation of unparalleled erudition into the laws of motion of history, which he followed through the rise, encounter and fall of successive civilizations. With its twelve volumes, published in stages between 1934 and 1%1, it was the backbone of Toynbee's intelle...
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