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Originally published between 1920 and 1970,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings:* Prehistory and Historical EthnographySet of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00* Greek CivilizationSet of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00* Roman CivilizationSet of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00* Eastern CivilizationsSet of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00* Judaeo-Christian CivilizationSet of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00* European CivilizationSet of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00

Originally published between 1920 and 1970,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings:* Prehistory and Historical EthnographySet of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00* Greek CivilizationSet of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00* Roman CivilizationSet of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00* Eastern CivilizationsSet of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00* Judaeo-Christian CivilizationSet of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00* European CivilizationSet of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00

The Fair Maid of Perth centres on the merchant classes of Perth in the fourteenth century, and their commitment to the pacific values of trade, in a bloody and brutal era in which no right to life is recognised, and in which the Scottish nobles fight for control of the weak Scottish monarchy, and clans are prepared to extinguish each other to gain supremacy in the central Highlands. It is a remarkable novel, in part because late in his career Scott has a new subject, and in part because he employs a spare narrative style that is without parallel in the rest of his oeuvre. Far too many critics, from his son-in-law J.G. Lockhart to the present day, have written off late Scott, and seen his last works as evidence of failing powers. The readers of this edition of The Fair Maid of Perth will see that these critics are mistaken, for in it we witness a luminous creative intelligence working at high pressure to produce a tightly organised and deeply moving novel.