He paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests of grand works of art of the advances and limitations of science of remarkable people and remarkable events, from Confucius to Catherine the Great to Winston Churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the Berlin Wall.įor adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, Gombrich’s Little History enchants and educates. In 40 brief chapters, Gombrich relates the history of humankind from the Stone Age through World War II. Gombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on Earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age. Gombrich, is a survey of the history of art from ancient times to the modern era. Rather than focusing on dry facts and dates, E. Gombrich, an unemployed 26-year old historian in Vienna, faced in 1935. Displaying A Little History of the World E H Gombrich-1.pdf. A Little History of the World E H Gombrich-1.pdf. So begins A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old. Summarizing the history of the world in one small book in a way that is accessible and interesting to children between 9 and 13 years seems like an impossible task yet it is precisely this challenge E.H. A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD of 305. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all agesĪll stories begin with ‘Once upon a time.’ And that’s just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time.
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