The Ifs of History (Registro nro. 74932)
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | D |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1851-1935 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Ifs of History |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2010-10-16 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer, Julia12000, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Ifs of History" by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin is a historical analysis written in the early 20th century. This work explores significant historical events and the critical turning points that shaped the course of civilization, positing alternative outcomes had these events taken different paths. The book delves into various "what if" scenarios, imagining how different decisions or outcomes could have transformed the world dramatically. The opening of the book discusses the pivotal Athenian election where Themistocles defeated Aristides. Chamberlin argues that this election and its outcome allowed Themistocles to push for a strong naval fleet, which ultimately played a crucial role in the defeat of the Persian fleet at Salamis, preserving Greek independence. The author suggests that without this victory, the Persia might have dominated Greece and, by extension, the course of Western civilization, leading to a cultural landscape dominated by Mithraism rather than Christianity. This sets the stage for the book's exploration of historical contingencies and the complexities of human affairs influenced by chance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
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| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | History |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34086">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34086</a> |
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