world-history

Forty years ago, before the immense success of Arnold Toynbee's work, readers of world-history had been gjven Spengler's sombre picture of the West in decline, and the tendentious outlook of the History of the World by H.G. Wells.

New Releases 2009

Five minutes in a high-school world-history class studying the Weimar Republic could tell you how this is going to turn out.

Poll of Polls: President's approval ratings slip 2009

Forty years ago, before the immense success of Arnold Toynbee's work, readers of world-history had been gjven Spengler's sombre picture of the West in decline, and the tendentious outlook of the History of the World by H.G. Wells.

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

The thing is, as far as I can see, a fabrication, and a shabby one at that, which has nothing to do with really existing civilizations and everything to do with an amalgamation of Crusader notions of catholic Christendom and 19th century European notions about world-history and classicist pedagogy.

Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #45 2009

WHOM THE GODS HUMBLE, THEY FIRST TESTHere's a quiz NEWSWEEK concocted from a draft of the world-history standards.

It's A Small World, After All 2008

The gifted Iranian race, physically the noblest and the most beautiful of all known to me, has exercised upon the world-history an amount of influence which has not yet been fully recognised.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“It would be a dangerous folly for the British people to underrate the enduring position in world-history which Mussolini will hold,” he wrote in the News of the World, “or the amazing qualities of courage, comprehension, self-control and perseverance which he exemplifies.”

Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008

The next thing he knew, 14-year-old Asa Coon, a student in his world-history class, was standing in his classroom.

Troubled ‘From Day One’ 2007

In this world-history, Hegel located the Reformation as ˜the all-enlightening sun™ of the bright day that is our modern time (The Philosophy of History, 412).

Religion and Morality Hare, John 2006

“I am living in the midst of world-history again,” Clemens observed to Twichell.58 Mark Twain wrote on.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005