Lessons of history
By: Will & Ariel Durant.
Contributors: Durant, Ariel.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781439149959
Subjects: History -- Philosophy
Description: Surveys the history of human culture and civilization, identifying key themes from throughout five thousand years, with discussion of race, character, morals, religion, economics, government, war, and other topics, and addressing the question of whether progress is real.
Notes: Originally published: 1968.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hesitations; title: History and the earth; title: Biology and history; title: Race and history; title: Character and history; title: Morals and history; title: Religion and history; title: Economics and history; title: Socialism and history; title: Government and history; title: History and war; title: Growth and decay; title: Is progress real?; title: Bibliographical guide.