James Harvey Robinson: 11 books

2 works of James Harvey Robinson American historian (1863-1936) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of James Harvey Robinson. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - An Introduction to the History of Western Europe - The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform

An Introduction to the History of Western Europe James Harvey Robinson, american historian (1863-1936) This ebook presents «An Introduction to the History of Western Europe», from James Harvey Robinson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

The Mind in the Making James Harvey Robinson, american historian (1863-1936) This ebook presents «The Mind in the Making», from James Harvey Robinson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02-...

This volume contains James Harvey Robinson's 1895 work, "The Mind in the Making". It is a fascinating collection of essays on the relationship between intelligence and social reform, that explores the development of the human mind and how it shaped society. This book is highly recommended...

'For me, I think James Harvey Robinson is going to be almost as important as was Huxley in my adolescence, and William James in later years. It is a cardinal book. I question whether in the long run people may not come to it, as making a new initiative into the world's thoughts and methods' From the Introduction by H.G.Wells

CONTENTS I PREFACE ON THE PURPOSE OF THIS VOLUME THREE DISAPPOINTED METHODS OF REFORM II 3. ON VARIOUS KINDS OF THINKING 4. RATIONALIZING 5. HOW CREATIVE THOUGHT TRANSFORMS THE WORLD III 6. OUR ANIMAL HERITAGE. THE NATURE OF CIVILIZATION 7. OUR SAVAGE MIND IV 8. BEGINNING OF...

During the fifteen years which have elapsed since the appearance of the first edition of this volume a marked changed of attitude has taken place among scholars in regard to the "Renaissance" and the nature and importance of the revival of classical literature. This change is briefly explained...

This influential 1921 scholarly work sounded a call for intellectual freedom, which the author believed to be under attack by authoritarian tendencies in the United States. The centuries-long gains in scientific knowledge needed to be brought to bear in overcoming growing social ills and the forces of...

Was a bestseller, introducing a generation of readers to the intellectual world of higher education; it argues for freedom of thought as essential to progress. It is a fascinating collection of essays on the relationship between intelligence and social reform, that explores the development of the human mind and how it shaped society.

In introducing the student to the history of the development of European culture, the problem of proportion has seemed to me, throughout, the fundamental one. Consequently I have endeavored not only to state matters truly and clearly but also to bring the narrative into harmony with the most recent conceptions...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...