A Study of History
Subtitle: Vol. 12
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: December 31, 1961
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780195001976
Subjects: Civilization; History; Philosophy
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.