TY - BOOK AU - Toynbee,Arnold AU - Somervell,D.C. TI - A study of history SN - 0195001990 U1 - 909 PY - 1957/// CY - New York PB - OUP KW - Civilization KW - History KW - Historical geography N1 - Abridgement of volumes VII-X by D.C.Somervell N2 - A Study of History is a 12-volume universal history by the British historian Arnold J. Toynbee, published from 1934–1961. It received enormous popular attention but according to historian Richard J. Evans, "enjoyed only a brief vogue before disappearing into the obscurity in which it has languished ER -