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Review title: History in a condensed form
Product review: The Durants have a literary style all their own. They smoothely incorporate knowledge and ideas from other nonhistorical disciplines when ranging over the annals of human history. Sometimes they descend into nonsense distinctions such as the "greats" versus the rest of humanity (who just did not quite make it). They perceptively note the dramatic impact of technology on Western society, though are short on examples of its disadvantages (for which there are many, subtle, and scary alike). Overall a well written and arranged compendium from one of the best observers of history, ancient and modern.
