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The Story of Mankind. Children's Literature

Hendrik Willem Van Loon

出版	Lulu.com, 2018-11-18
主題	Fiction / General
ISBN	03592351829780359235186
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Cld7DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook	SAMPLE

註釋

The Story of Mankind was written and illustrated by Dutch-American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon and published in 1921. In 1922, it was the first book to be awarded the Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature. Written for Van Loon's children (Hansje and Willem), 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?