A Study of History
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A Study of History is Arnold J. Toynbee’s multi-volume comparative analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations, proposing that societies grow and decline in response to challenges.
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| A Study of History canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book series
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historical study ⓘ |
| aimsToExplain | patterns of growth and decline of civilizations ⓘ |
| author | Arnold J. Toynbee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
Eurocentric bias
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speculative generalizations ⓘ |
| firstVolumePublicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
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world history ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedThinker |
Carroll Quigley
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Samuel P. Huntington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A Study of History, Volume I
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A Study of History, Volume II NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume III NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume IV NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume IX NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume V NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume VI NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume VII NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume X NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume XI NERFINISHED ⓘ A Study of History, Volume XII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
civilizational studies
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comparative history of civilizations ⓘ historiography of civilizations ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Oswald Spengler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastVolumePublicationDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | D21 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civilizations
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comparative history ⓘ rise and fall of civilizations ⓘ |
| methodology | comparative study of civilizations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
systematic theory of civilizations
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use of challenge-and-response framework ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 12 ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
breakdown of civilizations
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creative minority ⓘ external proletariat ⓘ internal proletariat ⓘ universal church ⓘ universal state ⓘ |
| proposesTheory |
challenge-and-response model of historical development
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civilizations grow and decline in response to challenges ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodEnd | 1961 ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodStart | 1934 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Decline of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | multi-volume comparative analysis ⓘ |
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