Richard Melson

December 2005

Macrohistory: book

Macrohistory and Macrohistorians:

Perspectives on Individual, Social, and Civilizational Change

by Johan Galtung (Editor), Sohail Inayatullah (Editor)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0275957551/

102-2758315-8252114?v=glance&n=283155

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Macrohistory and Macrohistorians is a great book....

It achieves its purpose....It has many insights....It is an important book."–

"Historians will usually benefit from social and cultural studies....

I enjoyed and benefited from reading some of the biographies of macrohistorians."

– Journal of World History

Book Description

An eclectic and civilizationally rich theory of grand social change is the objective of this collection of essays focusing on historians--from Ibn Khaldun to Oswald Spengler and from Piritim Sorokin to Arnold Toynbee--who have helped shape our way of conceiving of ourselves.

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Macrohistory: Book

December 8, 2005