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Synopsis:
1928. Beard, one of the most influential American historians of his time, has compiled the following essays into this volume: The Civilizations of the East and the West: Hu Shih; Ancient and Mediaeval Civilizations: Hendrik Willem van Loon; Science: Bertrand Russell; Business: Julius Klein; Labor: Sidney and Beatrice Webb; Law and Government: Howard Lee McBain; War and Peace: Emil Ludwig; Health: C.E.A. Winslow; The Family: Havelock Ellis; Race and Civilization: George A. Dorsey; Religion: James Harvey Robinson; The Arts: Lewis Mumford; Philosophy: John Dewey; Play: Stuart Chase; Education: Everett Dean Martin; and Literature: Carl Van Doren. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
About the Author:
Charles A. Beard (1874-1948) is regarded as one of the most influential American historians in the first half of the twentieth century. He is famous for his evaluation of the founding fathers of the United States, who he believed were motivated by economics as opposed to philosophical principles. Some of his works include An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy, and The Administration and Politics of Tokyo.
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