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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 six weeks, and 'Eine kurze Weltgeschichte fur junge Leser' was published in Vienna. This book presents his history to English-language readers.Read More

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    In 1935 with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance 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 seventeen languages across the world.Toward the end of his long life Gombrich embarked upon a revision and at last an English translation. "A Little History of the World "presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time. Superbly designed and freshly illustrated this is a book to be savored and collected.In forty concise chapters Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful 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.

  • Foyles

    The international bestseller: E. H. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages   “All stories begin with ‘Once upon a time.’ And that’s just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time.” So begins A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old. Rather than focusing on dry facts and dates, E. H. Gombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on Earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age. He paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests; of grand works of art; of the advances and limitations of science; of remarkable people and remarkable events, from Confucius to Catherine the Great to Winston Churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the Berlin Wall.   For adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, Gombrich’s Little History enchants and educates.

  • BookDepository

    A Little History of the World : Paperback : Yale University Press : 9780300143324 : 030014332X : 27 Nov 2008 : The international bestseller available in English for the first time: E. H. Gombrich's world history for the curious of all ages...

  • Blackwell

    Superbly designed and freshly illustrated, this book tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. What emerges is a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science.

  • Pickabook

    E.H. Gombrich, Clifford Harper (Illus), Caroline Mustill (Trans)

  • 030014332X
  • 9780300143324
  • EH Gombrich
  • 19 August 2008
  • Yale University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
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