THE RISE AND FALL OF CIVILIZATION

by Shepard B. Clough ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 17, 1951

This is sub-titled ""How Economic Development Affects the Culture of Nations"", and here a Columbia University professor of economic history inquires into the domiant role played by economic development in the rise and fall of civilizations from earliest recorded times. Among the prerequisites Dr. Clough indicates for the rise of a highly developed culture are a complex and vigorous economic system, large urban centers, and a wide degree of freedom of choice for the individual. When these have been fulfilled, human society has attained the highest form of culture and civilization-in ancient Egypt, classic Greece and Rome, the Valley of the Euphrates, and in more modern times in Western Europe and in North America. An excellent work in its field but with obvious limitations for general sales.

Pub Date: Sept. 17, 1951

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Publisher: McGraw-Hill

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1951

Categories: NONFICTION