{"product_id":"brief-history-of-history-great-historians-and-the-epic-quest-to-explain-the-past-by-colin-wells","title":"Brief History of History: Great Historians And The Epic Quest To Explain The Past by Colin Wells","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9781599211220\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLyons Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 03 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOctober 2008\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 352 Pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat Daniel Boorstin did for science in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Discoverers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Timothy Ferris for cosmology in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eComing of Age in the Milky Way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and Robert Heilbroner for economics in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Worldly Philosophers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Colin Wells now does for history in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Brief History of History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The most accessible, concise, and clear-sighted biography ever of history as a living idea, this book brings together evocative sketches of the great historians with concise summaries of their key works. From its humble origins as a minor literary genre in ancient Greece, to its modern-day status as perhaps the most successful monument to the global spread of Western civilization, Wells traces the remarkable evolution of this branch of knowledge, and shows how it has long been the turf on which we fight our culture wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA riveting blend of readability, vibrant humor, and penetrating insight, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Brief History of History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a must for anyone for whom living in the present, and looking to the future, is unimaginable without serious reflection on the past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184040034466,"sku":null,"price":148.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/71MAiAiikcL._SY522.jpg?v=1776689018","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/brief-history-of-history-great-historians-and-the-epic-quest-to-explain-the-past-by-colin-wells","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}