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Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings:
* Prehistory and Historical Ethnography
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* Greek Civilization
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* Roman Civilization
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* Eastern Civilizations
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List of contents
Chapter 1 Language and Prehistory; Chapter 2 The First Appearance of Aryans on the Stage of History; Chapter 3 The Aryanization of the Mediterranean; Chapter 4 Primitive Aryan Culture Reconstructed by Linguistic Palaeontology; Chapter 5 The Case for an Asiatic Cradle of the Aryans; Chapter 6 Did the Aryans Originate in Central Europe; Chapter 7 The Theory of a North European Cradle; Chapter 8 The Aryans in South Russia; Chapter 9 The Rôle of the Aryans in History;
About the author
Authored by Gordon Childe, V.
Summary
This work provides a landmark in early twentieth century publishing summarizing the most up to date findings in all branches of the social sciences at a formative time and during a period of decisive historical discovery.
