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The Age of Revolution
Charles Kovacs
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Description for The Age of Revolution
Paperback. .
An overview of world history from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, including the French, American and Industrial Revolutions.
Kovacs chooses pertinent stories which create a tapestry showing the development of humankind from medieval times, when every person had their place in the hierarchy of society, to the awakening of individuality in modern times.
In the Steiner-Waldorf Education curriculum this period of history is taught in Class 8 (age 13-14).
Product Details
Publisher
Floris Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Waldorf Education Resources
Condition
New
Weight
350g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780863153952
SKU
V9780863153952
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Ref
99-7
About Charles Kovacs
Charles Kovacs was born in Austria. He left his native country in 1938 at the time of the Anschluss and joined the British Army in East Africa. After the War, he settled in Britain, and in 1956 he took over a class at the Rudolf Steiner School in Edinburgh, where he remained a class teacher until his retirement in 1976. ... Read more
Reviews for The Age of Revolution
'This book is published for use by Steiner School teachers but it is a marvellous read for anyone who would like to get to grips in a lively way with history. The book is written in an eminently readable and warm style. It will give young people a good, clear perspective on how, why and what went wrong in the ... Read more