A Study of History
Subtitle: The First Abridged One-Volume Edition
Publisher: Gramercy
Published: March 27, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780517179413
Subjects: Philosophy; History; History - General History; Maps; World - General; Non-Classifiable; Sale Books; Historical geography; Civilization
First sentence: HISTORIANS generally illustrate rather than correct the ideas of the communities within which they live and work, and the development in the last few centuries, and more particularly in the last few generations, of the would-be self-sufficient national sovereign state has led historians to choose nations as the normal fields of historical study.