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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5
Colin A. Ronan

Cambridge University Press, 1995

This fifth volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the remarkable engineering feats made during the early and medieval periods. No other country did more in civil engineering, both as to scale and skill, than China. The book opens with an account of the road system, which compared favorably with that of the Roman Empire. Naturally, the Great Wall of China is covered in some detail within the ...

Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4: Physics and Physical Technology, Part 2, Mechanical Engineering
Joseph Needham

Cambridge University Press, 1991

As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each to be bound and published separately. The first part of Volume 4, already published, deals with the physical sciences; the second with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering; and the third will deal with civil and hydraulic engineering and nautical technology. With this part of Volume ...

Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century (Civilisation & Capitalism)
Fernand Braudel

Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2002

La civilisation française en evolution II: Institutions et culture depuis la Ve République

1 review
Ross Steele, Susan St .Onge, ...

Heinle, 1996

good stuff....
This is a pretty good text--- good organization and simple to understand....It glosses over some of the underlying historical contexts of issues that it presents-- but that is probably due to limiting complexities to stay within appropriate French fluency levels...

La civilisation française en evolution I: Institutions et culture avant la Ve République
Ronald St.Onge, Ross Steele, ...

Heinle, 1995

LA CIVILISATION FRANÇAIS EN ÉVOLUTION I: INSTITUTIONS ET CULTURE AVANT LA VE RÉPUBLIQUE is a modern and provocative look at French history and civilization from prehistory to the Ve République. Organized into six dossiers, each dossier examines a particular facet of France's development.

The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East

127 reviews
Robert Fisk

Vintage, 2007

well worth the weight
I opened this one Christmas, and thought, here's one that I'll never get to. That is until I actually opened it and started reading. Like many "journalistic" histories this book does jump around a bit, and there were sections I "blip-read", but this is the first book I have read on this area and subject where I felt like the author had enough personal experience to talk about historical events ...

Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 1

1 review
Joseph Needham

Cambridge University Press, 1956

Mind and Intelligence
Almost impossible to comprehend the supreme genius and the mind of Joseph Needham. His concepts of biochemistry were far far ahead of his time: cellular organization. integrative levels, and other vast concepts. To learn Chinese in middle age, study it exhaustively and publish the definitive history of Chinese science. Think of it! His biology rules today. His philosophy and mysticism likewise. ...

Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East

3 reviews
Jonathan Cook

Pluto Press, 2008

Important to know about this point of view
Amidst the flood of neo-conservative diatribe, I found this book a refreshing attempt to present an oppressed viewpoint that has no place in the mainstream American media (in print or on screen). No matter how you turn it, there is merit that the Bush Administration would win hands down the title of being the most pro-Israel in US history. Whether by continuously pretending to championing a ...

Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750 (Cambridge ...

1 review
K. N. Chaudhuri

Cambridge University Press, 1985

True world history
Chaudhury presents us with a readable examination of the economic history of the Indian Ocean system from the rise of Islam to 1750. He shows how the unification of the Middle East and North Africa under Islam and the unfication of China under the Tang dynasty helped bond the regions around the Indian Ocean (and into the Red and South China Seas) into an economically dynamic system. Empires, ...

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation

9 reviews
John M. Hobson

Cambridge University Press, 2004

Excellent polemic
Looking through the reviews above I can imagine the bewilderment of the potential reader. Some of the reviewers hated it, some loved it. So is this book any good? I would answer 'yes': but the book has to be seen for what it is. It is NOT a 'fair' and 'balanced' academic treatise. It is, as someone pointed out, a polemic. What they failed to point out is that it is an excellent polemic, that has ...

Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 2, History of Scientific Though

1 review
Joseph Needham

Cambridge University Press, 1991

a dense and devoted vision of classical china
It is very difficult to convey the great scope of this work. It has been described as one of the l00 most significant works of non-fiction of the 20th century. Only Arthur Waley, perhaps, had a greater role in introducing the values and creative force of classical China to the west than Joseph Needham. Needham, with a group of devoted scholars in the Academica Sinica, labored over 40 ...

Civilisation: A Personal View

10 reviews
Kenneth Clark

Harpercollins, 1990

A treasure of a book
If I had to chose 5 books for eternity, this would be one. I first read it as a recent college grad when it was published in the early '70's. It helped estabish my view of western civilization and art. I have scoured used book stores for copies to give to others and I am pleased it is again available. I treasure this volume and would be lost without it.

Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation

8 reviews
Paul Kriwaczek

Vintage, 2006

An appreciative reader
The author captures the broad sweep of history while at the same time personalizing it with vignettes of various areas, families, individuals, and even buildings. He gives the reader a taste of many different kinds of people, famous and ordinary. And he tells this story with compassion and even humor. I've lost count of how many friends and relatives I have recommended this book to. I hope they ...

Wreckers of Civilisation

7 reviews
Simon Ford

Black Dog, 2000

Very good overview of TG/Coum
It took me all of 1999 to get hold of this book, and finally amazon.com sold me a slightly damaged copy for $32. People are waiting for a second printing and/or a US edition. The cover looks cheap, white with a cut-out and rearranged photo of TG members from the «20 Jazz Funk Greats» album cover. But that's about the only negative thing I could say about the book. This will stand as the ...

Prison Writings: The Roots of Civilisation

2 reviews
Abdullah Ocalan

Pluto Press, 2007

I'd strongly recommend this book to everyone studying the Middle East
When I bought this book, I expected rampant propaganda by a guerrilla leader, and instead I found a well-written, insightful and philosophical account of the roots of civilization and how these roots have influenced the peoples in the Middle East. Filled with many "AHA!" and "Eureka" experiences, Ocalan's book was a big piece of a puzzle I have long sought after. Seeking answers in the root ...

Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth
Joseph Needham

Cambridge University Press, 1959

After two volumes mainly introductory, Dr Needham now embarks upon his systematic study of the development of the natural sciences in China. The Sciences of the Earth follow: geography and cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Dr Needham distinguishes parallel traditions of scientific cartography and religious cosmography in East and West, discussing orbocentric wheel-maps, the origins of the rectangular grid system, sailing charts ...

Civilisation

1 review
Kenneth Clark

John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2005

Art book without illustrations
Kenneth Clark's Civilisation, which appeared about 1969, was a truly wonderful book. This 2005 paperback reproduces the text but has no illustrations, making it just about worthless. The buyer should be careful to get the 1969 hardback. I can't imagine what the 2005 publisher had in mind.

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