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A History of Civilizations Paperback – April 1, 1995

by Fernand Braudel (Author), Richard Mayne (Translator)

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Written from a consciously anti-enthnocentric approach, this fascinating work is a survey of the civilizations of the modern world in terms of the broad sweep and continuities of history, rather than the "event-based" technique of most other texts.

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Braudel was the most prominent member of the Annales school of history in post-World War II France. This history, originally published in 1963 as part of curriculum reform for French secondary students, was eventually judged by French school teachers as too hard for their students and was withdrawn. More than half the book is devoted to the development of Western civilization, and despite the judgment of French school teachers, it is suitable for serious high school students along with undergraduate and public libraries.
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Fernand Braudel was France's foremost post-war historian. He is best known for The Mediterranean in the Age of Philip II, Civilization and Capitalism and The Identity of France. Richard Mayne is a renowned translator of French. His other translations include Monet's Memoirs.

Paperback: 640 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (April 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140124896
ISBN-13: 978-0140124897
Product Dimensions: 5 x 1.1 x 7.7 inches
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- #295 in Books > History > World > Civilization & Culture
- #920 in Books > History > Historical Study & Educational Resources

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Lee Tae Hee

Five Stars

May 6, 2018

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Excellence.

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MMDC1

A Book of Great Interest to Students of History

December 27, 2013

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Fernand Braudel examines history in terms of geography and in terms of economic, political, philosophical and spiritual trends. Men like Aristotle and Des Cartes are far more important in his view than Alexander the Great or Napoleon, whom he does not even mention! (In his view political and military leaders are the products, rather than the creators, of the societies they are living in.) Braudel is considered a leading practitioner of this kind of history, and he certainly does have a lot of very interesting insights. This book, though, is really for scholars or life-long hobbyists - it would be a bit heavy going for someone with a casual interest in the subject.

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James William Martin

An old historian writes his view of world history

December 22, 2009

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Fernand Braudel was born in 1902 in northwestern Lorraine, France and died in Paris in 1985. This book represents his view of historical events over the past several centuries. I am not a historian so I appreciated and enjoyed the high level discussions and wide ranging views of world history rather than its tedious details. It brought back a lot of memories of great teachers long past. I highly recommend this book to non-historians as good refresher of world history during the past several centuries. It is also a great book to read on a business trip.

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Good Book, but a Slow Read

February 5, 2012

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This book by Braudel covers the history of the main civilizations of the world. Overall, I liked the book, but it is a very slow read I thought.

Braudel was French and intended this book as a high school textbook in France; perhaps for better students. It was not accepted for this purpose. I tend to agree that it might have been a bit much for people of high school age, but maybe his point was to raise standards to what they might possibly be. I'll leave that debate to others.

The author did not follow the usual "kings, dates and battles" approach. It seemed to me that he took the viewpoint of someone above the fray and included economics, arts and other important aspects of civilizations to a greater extent than usual, and put it all in some sort of context, including where different civilizations come into contact. Made the history all the more interesting I think.

As an American, I found it interesting to see how things looked from a French perspective. It was somewhat different from what I usually read by American and British authors. That being said, it is a bit difficult to explain that difference. Maybe it was the context and examples being taken from French history and experience that are often less well known to Americans (and the British perhaps as well). Given that there was a lot of ground to cover in a limited amount of space, many examples were mentioned in quick passing, so it could be hard to keep up so to speak.

This book was translated from French by Richard Mayne, who is British. Braudel apparently used some very complex sentence structure that the translator maintained using British English. The result was something that I found difficult to read other than slowly. Took a lot of the enjoyment out of the book for me.

The book was first written in the 1960's, but some updates were present in this edition, at least up to the 1990's. Not sure at all how that was done, since Braudel died in 1985.

There is a large amount of introductory material in the book. I'd say to read it as it explains Braudel's approach, among other things, which is helpful in making sense of the big picture he is going for in the book.

I found the chapters on Islamic civilization quite interesting. Made many current events in that part of the world make much better sense to me.

Braudel also seemed to be quite "respectful" when talking about American civilization which not every French author seems wiling to do. This is also much on how Anglo-Saxon civilization and the use of English became and still are (to large extent at least) so dominate.

There is more that could be said covering other parts of the book, but I will leave that to others to discuss.

The book is about 600 pages, and I think would take a while for most people to get through. Still, I think it a worthwhile read I think.

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Enjoyable.

March 10, 2017

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I liked the coverage very much, but I must confess that I do not find the writing to always be smooth and clear even when trying to consider that it is a translation.

I was attracted to the book because of the expected coverage around the world, and not en excessive coverage of western EuropeI perceive in other texts I have read or scanned.

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Alarick

Excellent Review Material

August 5, 2008

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If you are going to take a test (AP, IB, CLEP ect.) This is an excellent, accessible overview. Braudel is a competent and insightful writer; the format is VERY economic.

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Pierre Larsen

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May 4, 2017

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Every politician should have to read this book so they know what they're talking about ( Mr Trump).

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Gloria J. Yukavetsky

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January 4, 2016

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Good to have.

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This is an excellent book to learn history

This is an excellent book to learn history. Some books are so difficult to understand and this is well written and to the point.

Published on June 25, 2016

John Fitzpatrick

Impressive, sweeping view of history

If you like your history on a broad scale, leaping centuries and cultures, then this is the book for you.Read more

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H. Ma

Five Stars

great book but not really for high school textbook. More summary, opinion than facts.

Published on June 12, 2015

Ahmed El Attar

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Received as described. Thanks.

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J. Daniels

A Great Intro to World History

It's a great read, and one of the first books that got me seriously interested in history.

It covers basically all the major world civilizations, and provides an...Read more

Published on April 16, 2013

John P. Jones III

The "de-masculinization of history..."

Fernand Braudel first published this excellent, one-volume "history of the world" over 50 years ago.Read more

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