Download or read book A Brief History of the Nations and of Their Progress in Civilization Classic Reprint written by George Park Fisher and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief History of the Nations and of Their Progress in Civilization Although this work is based on the author's larger work, the "Outlines of Universal History," which is designed for more advanced pupils, it is not a mere abridgment of that work, but a considerable portion of the matter is recast. In the present volume, the aim is to bring together the most important facts of history in their due order and connection, with the inclusion, as far as the space will permit, of such illustrative details as may prevent the narrative from being a dry summary - a skeleton without flesh and blood. Of course, a book which is intended for pupils and readers generally should eschew everything that savors of the spirit of sect or party, and record only well-established judgments respecting persons and events. In the Introduction the author has aimed to present certain underlying facts of history and to explain the nature of historical evidence, and thus to open the way for a clear comprehension of the narrative that follows. While the Ancient. Period is treated with sufficient fullness to meet the wants of the pupils for whom the book is written, more room is given to the Mediaeval and Modern Periods than is customary in the books of this character. It is the author's conviction that the broad field of history since the fall of the Roman Empire demands a larger space in popular instruction than is usually allotted to it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book A Brief History of the Nations and of Their Progress in Civilization written by George Park Fisher and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-25 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book BRIEF HIST OF THE NATIONS OF written by George Park 1827-1909 Fisher and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Brief History of the Nations and of Their Progress in Civilization written by George Park Fisher and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... it made the electoral states indivisible, inalienable, and hereditary in the male line. Wenceslaus and Sigismund.--Wenceslaus, the Wenzel, the son of Charles IV. (1378-1400), was a coarse and cruel king, under whom all the old disorders of the interregnum sprang up anew. In 1410 Sigismund, the brother of Wenceslaus, was chosen king, and in 1433 was crowned emperor. In the reign of Sigismund the doctrines of Vyclif had penetrated from England into Bohemia, and a strong party, of which John Huss was the principal leader, advocated changes in the Church, both doctrinal and practical: this led to the trial of Huss for heresy at the Council of Constance. He was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake in 1415. Jerome of Prague, another reformer, was dealt with in the same way by the same council (1416). Ziska, a Bohemian, led the revolt induced by the doings of the council. The more fanatical portion of the Hussites--as the followers of Huss were called--were at length defeated and crushed; but with the moderate party the Council of Basle (1431-1449) concluded a treaty after Ziska had defeated the imperial troops. Switzerland.--Switzerland, originally a part of the kingdom of Aries, had been ceded, with this kingdom, to the German Empire in 1033. Within it was established a lay and ecclesiastical feudalism. In the twelfth century the cities--Zurich, Basle, Berne, and Freiburg--began to be centers of trade, and gained municipal privileges. The three mountain cantons cherished the spirit of freedom. The counts of Hapsburg, after the beginning of the thirteenth century, exercised a cer'tain indefinite jurisdiction in the land. They endeavored to transform this into an actual sovereignty. Two of the cantons received charters placing them in...
Download or read book The Rise and Progress of Civilization in the Hairy Nation Classic Reprint written by Henry C. Ethell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rise and Progress of Civilization in the Hairy Nation This is a book, and nothing else. There no advertisements in 1t. It has not been con structed or modified to please or displease any body. I think the title fairly describes the book: that it is what it professes to be - a picture of civ iliz'ation, in its rise and in the various stages of the short period of its progress, in Davis county, Iowa, otherwise the Hairy Nation. The plan of reviewing each top1c, from the beginning to the present, separately, seemed to me the best, as affording the best hope of holding the interest of the reader to the end. The history of the settlement of the United States may be divided into three periods, as dis tinct in manner as in time. The first covers the settlement of the Atlantic coast and a fringe west of the Alleghanies. During this period the white race was forcing an entrance into thewilderness, by rude, unaided strength; the greater part of the continent lying before, an un known and dreaded, country. The second pe riod covers the settlement of the country from the Ohio to the Missouri; when the White inhab itants of the United States were secure in their mastery of the continent, and were steadily pushing the Indians and the wolves before them, lmile by mile and the railroads and other new and powerful agents of civilization were closely following, and supporting their march. The third period, the one now in progress, covers the settlement of the, Open country west of the Mis souri; where the railroads have gone in front, and wherea great proportion of the settlers have gone at one leap from the heart of Amer ican civilization, carrying with them most of its aids and. Comforts and some of even its luxuries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book People s History of the United States written by John Clark Ridpath and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from People's History of the United States: The Progress of Civilization in North America, From the Coming of the White Races to the Last Decade of the Nineteenth Century Two reasons may be assigned for dwelling with tolerable fullness upon this part of our career as a people. The first is the inherent interest which the early ages of our history possess and the second is the dependency of our larger development upon the Colonial planting. He who dwells with care on the matters presented in our age of discovery can hardly fail to find in the same such interest as the drama furnishes to the eager and curious mind. He who studies with attention the facts present in our Colonial epoch will discover in the same the fundamental conditions of the larger national life which has arisen therefrom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book History of the Names of Men Nations and Places Vol 1 written by L. H. Mordacque and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Names of Men, Nations, and Places, Vol. 1: In Their Connection With the Progress of Civilization The present essay will form part only of a larger work, in which it is my intention to treat of Civili zation, from the earliest historic periods to the con elusion of the eighteenth eentury. I must, therefore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Lecture on the Study of History Applied to the Progress of Civilization Classic Reprint written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lecture on the Study of History, Applied to the Progress of Civilization The offspring of ages, humanity, that ever-moving and ever-changing, multiple being, sums up all human existence; and all things earthly, from the empire that crumbles into dust, to the heart that breaks in its agony, are absorbed in its vast recipients, and modify it with their substances and their energies. Hence, death is but an ascending transformation; and the life of nations a time-mark in universal life - a stray leaf from a majestic tree - a page from a speaking volume, by which we explain the import of the present and the future, through the revealings of the past. Such is the position which man occupies in the panorama of history, the philosophy of which, applied to the civilization of mankind, we mean to glance at in this disquisition. But before proceeding with the subject, we would bespeak the indulgence of the society for one general remark, which may not be unnecessary to a better understanding of the views which we shall unfold, in the fulfilment of the duty kindly assigned us by the partiality of our associates. That axiom - for it may justly be so termed - is, that the development of society is wrought, not in a direct, but in a spiral, line. Humanity, in its ascending course, has, not unfrequently, recoiled upon itself, the more forcibly to act against some sudden and intervening obstacle. It fulfils its destinies by two distinct and alternate movements - one of creation and the other of destruction. The latter - in the midst of which the former order of things is annulled, whether by reason of its dangers or its insufficiency - obtains till the advent of the providential hour, that reveals a new principle of order to the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Outlines of Greek History written by William Carey Morey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Outlines of Greek History: With a Survey of Ancient Oriental Nations The purpose of this book is to give to young students a general idea of the growth and character of the civilization of ancient Greece. As it is intended to form, with the author's Outlines of Roman History, a complete elementary course in ancient history, it contains a brief introduction - indicating the relation of history to civilization in general, and referring to the primitive culture with which civilization may be said to begin. It also contains a preliminary sketch of the progress of civilization before the time of the Greeks among the ancient Oriental peoples. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Essays on the Progress of Nations in Productive Industry Civilization Population and Wealth Classic Reprint written by Ezra Champion Seaman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on the Progress of Nations, in Productive Industry, Civilization, Population, and Wealth On the living principle, intellect, and elements of the material world; the laws of nature defined; their operations and effects upon the condition, transactions and welfare of individuals and of nations. - The capacity of the human mind; the moral law of nature, as distinguished from the physical law of nature; moral virtue; the princi le of utility; theology, the laws of nations, and municipal law, all derive ai from the laws of nature the world is governed by physical agents, and natural, not super-natural means; the doctrines of fatalism, and the influence of circumstances; the influence and importance of education; the French Revolution; influence of habit, climate, education, gun powder, the spinning jenny, steam engine, power loom, and cotton gin; the population of Great Britain, and her revenues, and those of France at different periods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book History of Civilization in England Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Henry Thomas Buckle and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 The progress of England, on the other hand, depends upon the ability of the nation, and therefore, continues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Progress of Nations written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Progress of Nations: Or the Principles of National Development in Their Relation to Statesmanship; A Study in Analytical History This study is presented with a feeding of unfeigned diffidence to the candour, the indulgence, and the thoughtful attention of the reader; to his candour, because in scarcely any subject is an author so exposed to ready misapprehension; to his indulgence, because this effort is always crude, and sometimes perhaps ambitious to solve what is insoluble; to his thoughtful attention, because in the impossibility of establishing infallible conclusions by the unaided efforts of one solitary inquirer, the only useful function is to propose theses for the thought and the discussion of others. For this is indeed a subject in whose attack Vico, Bossuet, and Herder failed with a fame for boldness and ill-success, which at once attracts and appals those who are ambitious to follow in their steps. Perhaps the ruin of these new efforts may with theirs help to fill the trench, and over them others may advance to that victory, to which this attempt contributes only by showing the difficulty and the dangers of the assault. But whatever may be the measure of its failure, do not judge of this effort as if it were hung upon the walls of an exhibition gallery, but of your charity think that you are admitted into the studio of an artist to see the progress of an unfinished work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Pre Historic Nations written by John D. Baldwin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pre-Historic Nations: Or Inquiries Concerning Some of the Great Peoples and Civilizatins of Antiquity, and Their Probable Relation to a Still Older Civilization of the Ethiopians or Cushites of Arabia We nowhere find a continued and permanent advance ment of any nation or community of these races, but we see a constant progress of civilization from lower toward higher degrees, from the few to the many, and from limited and special toward many-sided and all-embracing develop ment. Nations rise, flourish, and sink again to obscurity. The Egypt of to-day is not that Egypt which we see in the monuments of its Old Monarchy; Chaldea is not now the ancient Chaldea which'we study in its ruins; to-day we inquire in vain on the coast of Asia Minor for that Ionian confederacy whose marvelous culture, passing over intodisappeared, this old civilization has remained; sometimes checked and lowered for a succession of ages, but always reappearing with new developments of its forces and new forms. The Reverend Dr. Lang, in his View of the Origin and Migrations of the Polynesian Nation, is led by the sub ject to make this observation: In Tuscany and in Egypt, in India and in China, and, I will add, even in the South Sea Islands and in both Americas, we behold the evidences of a primitive civilization, which, in some instances, had run its course anterior to the age of Homer, but which, at all events, acknowledged no obligation to the wisdom or refinement of the Greeks. Few will question the fact he states, so far as relates to Italy and Asia, although not many who carefully study the past will describe all that civilization as primitive. Dr. Lang himself is not quite satisfied with this description; for, in attempting to ex plain the origin of the ancient civilization which had near ly run its course in different countries previous to the time of Homer, he adopts the notion of Bailly and others, that it was originated by the antediluvians, and brought through the Deluge to their successors by the family of Noah. Ivithout fully exploring it, he saw a fact that was much too large for his chronology - a fact for which there was not sufficient room in the past, as be measured it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Story of Human Progress written by Frank Wilson Blackmar and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of Human Progress: A Brief History of Civilization The earnest demand for a closer study of social progress and societary relations is the reason for writing this book. To attempt to understand present conditions, or to advocate social reforms without an adequate conception of the elements of progress, or a fair knowledge of the road over which man has traveled to reach his present position, is to lead to wrong conclusions. The present volume is an elementary treatise on the history of civilization, especially designed for those who desire a brief survey of the whole field. Such a brief survey of the progress of man must, of necessity, refrain from any attempt to recount the history of the tribes, nations, or races to which it refers, but rather must dwell upon the philosophy of civilization and the judgments of history. Yet, within this little volume are recorded all of the principal steps of human progress and a presentation of the best results of the study of philosophy and history. In order not to appear too philosophical for the purpose of the book, the history of progress is approached, so far as it may be, from the concrete side. Every branch of knowledge has its own particular charms, but the story of mans progress from a state of savagery to that of culture and learning engages the attention and arouses sympathetic interest like no other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Enquiries Historical and Moral written by Hugh Murray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Enquiries Historical and Moral: Respecting the Character of Nations, and the Progress of Society The history of man, of the various aspects and forms under which he presents himself, is a sub ject which has engaged the attention Of many distinguished writers. It may be considered in many points of view; as relating to laws, to arts, to manners, to political regulation, and to other objects Of equal importance. Some writers have extended their plan to embrace all these indiscri minately; while others, with more prudence per haps, have appropriated to themselves detached portions Of so extensive a field. Buti do not know Of any who have confined their attention to the moral history Of man, - to the manners and character of nations, and the circumstances on which these are dependent. Yet the importance Of this branch of the subject will not be denied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Injustice and National Decay written by Samuel Fernald Shorey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Injustice and National Decay: An Essay The chief value of history to the present generation lies in the philosophy of history - lies in showing how far the present is the productof the past. Hence the philosophy of history should be sound. The building of such a structure requires a knowledge of the civilizations. Of past ages. The power of generalization is required. The factors of all of this move and pause, the cause of life and death, common to all, must be traced through the existence of each succeeding nation, if, in our search, we are to ascertain whether the cause of death was old age or disease - natural or artificial. No remarkable discernment is required to see that each civilization evolves and passes on to its successor a gift of gain in progress. This gain of permanent value seems to be the only way in which history repeats itself except in passing through a term of life. History seems never to repeat a program. That is, the form through which national life is expressed seems never to be repeated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
