H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 38
... Civilization , that civilization had shipwrecked . The world had arrived at the point reached by the Roman and Han empires in their first years of decay . " This civilization in which we are living , " he wrote , " is tumbling down ...
... Civilization , that civilization had shipwrecked . The world had arrived at the point reached by the Roman and Han empires in their first years of decay . " This civilization in which we are living , " he wrote , " is tumbling down ...
Page 55
... civilization - wide " collapse " might also and perhaps more accurately be represented as a disastrous disruption of social equilibrium . More than simply failing to adapt , some insti- tutions and ideologies had hypertrophied , whereas ...
... civilization - wide " collapse " might also and perhaps more accurately be represented as a disastrous disruption of social equilibrium . More than simply failing to adapt , some insti- tutions and ideologies had hypertrophied , whereas ...
Page 144
... Civilization , New York , 1926 ; Hermann Schneider , The History of World Civilization ( 1927 ) , trans . Margaret M. Green , 2 vols . New York , 1931 ; George A. Dorsey , Man's Own Show : Civilization , New York , 1931 ; and James ...
... Civilization , New York , 1926 ; Hermann Schneider , The History of World Civilization ( 1927 ) , trans . Margaret M. Green , 2 vols . New York , 1931 ; George A. Dorsey , Man's Own Show : Civilization , New York , 1931 ; and James ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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