The shaping of modern thought

by Crane Brinton

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The author proposes an outline and then does not adhere to it. What results is endless backtracking and melange. He devotes eight chapters to material that could be delivered in four or five.

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Original publication date: 1950

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 901.93 — History & geography History Philosophy and theory of history
LCC: CB245 .B73 — Auxiliary Sciences of History History of Civilization History of Civilization Civilization and race

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