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James Harvey Robinson • 74 Items / 21 Books, 31 Articles, 22 Reviews
The Ordeal of Civilization (1926)
by James Harvey Robinson
A Sketch of the Development and World-Wide Diffusion of Our Present-Day Insti...
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Published Reviews
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    Books of Medieval and Modern European History (Review)
    Theodore Collier
    The Ordeal of Civilization, by James Harvey Robinson
    1. The Ordeal of Civilization by James Harvey Robinson
    The American Historical Review, July 1927, pp. 842-843
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    Briefer Notices (2 Reviews)
    The Conquest of Civilization, by James Henry Breasted
    1. The Conquest of Civilization by James Henry Breasted
    2. The Ordeal of Civilization by James Harvey Robinson
    American Political Science Review, February 1927, p. 199
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    The Ordeal of History (2 Reviews)
    C.E. Ayres
    The Conquest of Civilization, by James Henry Breasted
    1. The Conquest of Civilization by James Henry Breasted
    2. The Ordeal of Civilization by James Harvey Robinson
    The New Republic, November 10, 1926, p. 330
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    Current Books (2 Reviews)
    History
    1. The Conquest of Civilization by James Henry Breasted
    2. The Ordeal of Civilization by James Harvey Robinson
    The Outlook, January 12, 1927, p. 60
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    The Human Adventure (3 Reviews)
    C.K. Ogden
    The Conquest of Civilization, by James Henry Breasted
    1. The Conquest of Civilization by James Henry Breasted
    2. The Ordeal of Civilization by James Harvey Robinson
    3. A History of the Ancient World by Michael I. Rostovtzeff
    The Forum, May 1927, pp. 799-800
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    The Evolution of Mankind (3 Reviews)
    Ellsworth Huntington
    The Conquest of Civilization, by James Henry Breasted
    1. The Conquest of Civilization by James Henry Breasted
    2. The Ordeal of Civilization by James Harvey Robinson
    3. A Short History of Civilization by Lynn Thorndike
    The Saturday Review, May 14, 1927, p. 817
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    Notes of a Rapid Reader (9 Reviews)
    The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
    1. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
    2. The Plutocrat by Booth Tarkington
    3. The Book of Marriage by Hermann Keyserling
    4. Murder for Profit by William Bolitho
    5. A Man Could Stand Up by Ford Madox Ford
    6. Darwin by Gamaliel Bradford
    7. The Ordeal of Civilization by James Harvey Robinson
    8. The Making of the Modern Mind by John Herman Randall, Jr.
    9. Tar: A Midwest Childhood by Sherwood Anderson
    The Saturday Review, December 18, 1926, p. 445