A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. A Little History of the World presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time.' 'In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of humanity from the stone age to the atomic bomb.

Gombrich with Ralph Cosham (Narrator) 9 hours, 11 minutes missing pub info user-added ISBN/UID: None. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for A Little History of the World (Little Histories) (English Edition) at . First published in German in 1935, A Little History of the World tells the story of human history to children. ISBN: 978-2-4 (paperback) Ernest Gombrich is best remembered as one of the most influential art historians and critics of the twentieth century. It is now available in eighteen languages across the world.' 'Toward the end of his long life, Gombrich embarked upon a revision and, at last, an English translation. A Little History of the World Little Histories. Gombrich, ‘A Little History of the World, (Revd Ed., London, 2005), pp. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte fur junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success.

Summary: 'In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. A Little History of the World presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time.

A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich