- Joined
- Mar 7, 2002
- Messages
- 13,935
- Reaction score
- 10,021
Has anyone read the 11-volume The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant? Does it provide a good, basic overview of world history? If not, what would you recommend in its stead?
We would like to welcome House of Huntington as an official Affiliate Vendor. Shop past season Drake's, Nigel Cabourn, Private White V.C. and other menswear luxury brands at exceptional prices below retail. Please visit the Houise of Huntington thread and welcome them to the forum.
STYLE. COMMUNITY. GREAT CLOTHING.
Bored of counting likes on social networks? At Styleforum, you’ll find rousing discussions that go beyond strings of emojis.
Click Here to join Styleforum's thousands of style enthusiasts today!
Styleforum is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.
Has anyone read the 11-volume The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant? Does it provide a good, basic overview of world history? If not, what would you recommend in its stead?
Many years ago I sat in on several of the late Eugen Weber's overview lectures at USC.
Professor Weber was a UCLA professor and dean; when did he teach at USC?
The Durants' series is certainly thorough, but I didn't like the format of it: here's the section about Greek history, here's the section about Greek art, here's the section about their Greek architecture, etc...