The Story of Mankind Hendrik Van Loon

The Story of Mankind  

Author: Hendrik Van Loon 

Publisher: George G Harrap   

Edition: November 1951 Reprint  

ISBN: Not stated 

Language: English  

Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding. Previous owners rubber stamp   

Binding: Hardcover 

Pages: 480. Print with images  

Additional Information

The Story of Mankind is a book written and illustrated by Dutch-American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon. It was awarded the Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature. 

The Story of Mankind tells in brief chapters the history of Western civilization, beginning with primitive man, covering the development of writing, art, and architecture, the rise of major religions, and the formation of the modern nation-state. Van Loon explains in the book how he selected what and what not to include by subjecting all materials to the question "Did the person or event in question perform an act without which the entire history of civilization would have been different?".

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