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Presenting the Tamm's Textbook Tools series:
TABLE OF
CONTENTS 1. Introduction / 13 Meaning in history. 2. Universal History / 15 What constitutes a
universal history book? Two types identified. 3. The Concept of Time / 18 Where did ‘time’ come
from? Astronomical and cultural sources. 4. The Idea of Progress / 21 Do human beings really
build up society up over time? CHAPTER I: LESSONS OF THE ANCIENTS 5. The Beginnings of Universal History Writing / 23 What are the oldest
books dedicated to the whole human story? 6. Progress versus Maintenance through Time
/ 24 Does civilization progress
to an ever-higher plane; or rise and fall? 7. The Bible
tells Universal History / 25 What does the Bible say
about human progress and its direction? 8. The
Wellsprings of Greco-Roman Universal History / 27 Hesiod describes a
mythological Age of Gold. 9. The Greek Idea
of Progress / 29 The lesson of Prometheus
driving cultural progress ever higher. 10. Greek Universal History / 31 Herodotus stores
knowledge outside of his head. 11. Other Ancient Universal Histories / 35 Ephorus, Polybius,
Diodorus and Sima Qian write lost histories. 12. Roman Periodizations / 38 Did the pagan Romans
think of the big picture as progressive? 13. The Roman Idea
of Progress / 39 Lucretius develops a
theory of continual change and progression. 14. Roman Universal History / 41 Livy, Tacitus and Seneca
write histories and tell us why they did. 15. Christian Universal History / 43 Eusebius and Augustine
develop the Christian theory of history. 16. The Christian Idea of Progress / 46 They see progress as
motion toward the Kingdom of Heaven. 17. Early Medieval Chronicles / 51 Orosius, Bede and
Gregory illuminate the Dark Ages. 18. Late Medieval Chronicles / 56 Gothic era historians
like Enikel, Froissart and Khaldun produce. 19. The
Plentitude of Progress / 61 The stunning idea that
all that ever can be is already within us. 20. The Renaissance Idea of Progress / 63 A return to cycles in
the age of Sabellicus and Machiavelli. 21. Progress through Exploration / 66 Joachim de Fiore’s
mystic vision and that of 22. Universal
History Unreformed / 67 A battle for history
between Catholics and Protestants. 23. The Scientific Idea of Progress / 69 Bacon exercises ‘False
Idols of the Mind’, Bodin links theories. CHAPTER II: LESSONS OF THE MODERNS 24. Broadening
Horizons / 73 Raleigh & Heylyn observe
the Old and New Worlds collide. 25. Pilgrims’
Progress / 83 The American vision was
built on puritanical social evolution. 26. Twilight and
Dawn / 85 Bossuet writes in the
netherworld between medieval and modern. 27. Symbolic
Strangers / 89 Culture shock comes with
the realization that many cultures exist. 28. Ancients
Versus Moderns / 91 Is human nature static
or malleable? 29. Scientific Philosophers Barge into Universal History
/ 92 Spinoza, Leibniz and
Vico’s insights on the Great Chain of
Being. 30. The English
Universal History (Ancient Part) / 95 The largest (and largely
unknown) history project of all time. 31. The English
Universal History (Modern Part) / 104 The project expands into
64 volumes of mercantilism-as-progress. 32. Primary Source Logistics / 111 Tobias Smollett on how
the Universal History was assembled. 33. Voltaire’s
Philosophy of History / 117 Most people don’t know Voltaire
wrote a world history book. 34. Voltaire’s Idea of Progress / 120 He sees civilization as
building upon itself by developing the mind. 35. Voltaire’s Audience 123 The woman he wrote for,
and her verdict. 36. Voltaire Judges History / 125 The Enlightenment
penchant for equality means judging others. 37. The Enlightenment Idea of Progress /
127 The modernist project
begins; Tennyson’s poem encapsulates it. 38. The Economic Idea of Progress / 129 Turgot gives the
modernist project an economic dimension. 39. The American Idea of Progress / 134 Jefferson discusses
progress as building a new civilization. 40. The Champion
of Progress
/ 138 Condorcet glows about
the future yet is arrested by radicals. 41. The Goals of Progress Diverge / 144 Enlightenment liberality
or Rousseauian neo-primitivism? Herder defines a people
as a unique group with their own goals. 43. Kant Hypothesizes a Universal History / 150 Kant asks if humanity
has an underlying unity or if it does not. 44. The
Universal Historical Novel / 163 Walter Scott agrees each
people has a unique character. 45. Popular Historical Education / 168 Millot writes a national
world history textbook for 46. From Dano-Norway back to France / 173 Anquetil adapts works into
French, Holberg writes one in Latin. 47. The EUH
Distilled Again /181 Mavor reworks it to be
more approachable. 48. Professional Universal History / 187 A German university
specializes in history’s codification. 49. Lost and
Found in Translation / 192 Translation dilemmas
open a series of questions in the genre. 50. Gottingen Produces Universal History /
196 Muller builds on Schlozer
to construct a ‘professional’ work. 51. New
Historical Methods / 203 Ranke and followers
formulate how to best conduct research. 52. Engineering Progress / 209 Saint-Simon’s
alternative method of doing republican government. 53. Sociological Bases / 211 What did Comte’s new
branch of study say about social progress? 54. National
Universal History / 213 Fichte discovers the
metaphysical basis and purpose of the nation. 55. Universal
History’s Motion / 215 Hegel’s titanic
formulation synthesizes Geist, the
engine of history. 56. Historical Materialism / 221 Marx’ reformulation determines
material forces drive history. 57. Biological
Universal History / 227 Darwin
argues even biology progresses-
by evolving new forms. 58. Universal Geography / 229 Humboldt explains why
people must know the big picture. 59. History Advances in Germany / 236 Rotteck develops a
liberal work in a monarchist principality. 60. The Capital of History / 242 Weber writes; Ploetz compiles
a totally chronological style. 61. The
Allgemeine Weltgeschichte / 244 A coalition of professors
complete a huge universal history project. 62. Early-19th Century Anglo-Americans / 250 Lardner, Robbins and
others begin a golden era of history writing. 63. A Woman
Writes the Story of Man
/ 256 Pioneer educator Emma Willard
writes for college women. 64. Mid-19th Century Anglo-Americans / 261 Goodrich and Maunder in
the ides of the Industrial Age. 65. History and
Manifest Destiny / 272 Duyckinck writes for a
young America and inspires Melville. 66. Late-19th
Century Textbooks / 276 Swinton, Myers and
others write popular schoolbooks. 67. Publishing
House History / 281 Ollier and Robinson are
hired to write by learned organizations. 68. The Titans
/ 283 Ridpath, Clare and Tyler
stand at the apex of history. 69. American Historical Progress / 292 Bancroft and others
observe social progress in the United States. 70. Modernity
and Social Change / 295 Sociologists like Weber announce
modernism’s characteristics. 71. Modernity Drives Progress (and Vice-Versa)
/ 298 The condition of modern
life defines fin de siecle progress. 72. Race in
Universal History / 299 Chamberlain uses race
science to explain uneven progress. 73. History through Ethnography 306 W.E.B. Dubois and
Friedrich Ratzel examine ethnographic groups. 74. The End of the Beginning / 309 The meaning of history
at the close of the 19th century. 75. Into the 20th
Century / 310 Zenith of the Grand
Narrative: Larned, Duruy, Ellis, Tappan. 76. Editors
Extraordinaire 321 Helmolt, Williams,
Lodge, and the Eleventh Britannica. 77. The History of All Nations / 333 Progress as the ever-increasing ability to control nature. CHAPTER III: THE MODERNIST VISION OBLITERATES ITSELF 78. History in
Eclipse / 342 Nietzsche expresses
doubt in progress and the modernist project. 79. Rescuing
Universal History / 348 WWI confirms Nietzsche; Wells
writes a new Grand Narrative. 80. Interwar
Universal History / 355 Horne, Breasted, Parsons
and others write in an age of anxiety. 81. The Art of
History / 362 Van Loon draws out
history; the Nazis ban Gombrich’s book. 82. Powerful New
Theses Appear / 368 Spengler and Toynbee
build huge paradigms, others demur. 83. The
Universal World-State / 377 Kojeve revisits Hegel
and sees progress in an eventual world-state. 84. Under Eastern Eyes / 388 An Indian leader writes history
to his daughter from prison. 85. History as the History of Civilization
/ 393 Hayes, Barnes and others
produce Eurocentric textbooks. 86. Optimistic
and Pessimistic Progressivisms / 408 Jacks stresses the need
for a post-religious social goal. 87. On the Brink
/ 416 The Durants’ Grand Story
appears in a time of grand trouble. CHAPTER IV: POSTMODERN ANGST 88. The War
/ 423 Something else died in
the war besides 66 million people. 89. Cosmic
Universal History / 426 Teilhard’s breathtaking
synthesis of history as cosmic evolution. 90. New Ways of Studying Social Change /
439 Sztompka discusses thoughts
on social change in a postwar world. 91. Aspects of Social
Processes / 443 Do they move unilineally,
spirally, cyclically, or in quantum leaps? 92. Postwar
Historical Education / 448 Becker, Rogers, Muzzey,
Starr, Cooper-Cole, Brinton and Neill. 93. History as the History of Civilizations / 470 Braudel becomes a
renegade by making a powerful point. 94. History becomes Interdependent / 477 Stavrianos, McNeill and
history through thematic webbing. 95. The Fate of Progress and the Modernist Project / 482 Why did developmentalism
fall out of favor? 96. Bureaucratic Universal History / 488 The UN tries to write a
history but runs into a roadblock: itself. 97. Universal
History Criticized / 495 Neo-Academia applies Neo-Marxian
Critical Theory to history. 98. Universal History Denuded / 516 Cultural Marxism, PC,
Relativism & Multiculturalism v.
the West. 99. Universal History Deconstructed / 519 Derrida and Foucault
pick apart the notion of progress and history. 100. Postmodern Universal History / 527 Hayden White says the
loss of the sacred has caused bitterness. 101. Alternatives to Postmodernity / 534 Coming home from
nowhere. 102. Progress
Persists / 535 Are remnants of the idea
of progress still extant in society? 103. Progress 2.0 / 537 Sztompka argues ‘Progress
2.0’ can work if it molts out old stuff. 104. Universal
History through Television / 540 Aspects of the Narrative
on TV: Clark, Bronowski, Burke, Sagan. 105. Universal History Multimediated / 543 Treatments by NatGeo, History,
BBC, Discovery and online. 106. Fun
Universal History / 543 Lighthearted submissions
by Asimov, Gonick, Murray and Barzun. 107. The Slim
Volumes / 552 Histories readable in a
weekend for the person on the go. 108. The Guides
/ 553 World History for
Dummies, A Complete Idiot’s Guide, etc. 109. The Big Guns
/ 554 Garraty, Roberts, and
Blainey keep the faith. 110. Textbooks of
the Seventies / 564 Burns and Ostrowski
present contrast like discoballs and big cars. 111. Textbooks of
the Eighties / 568 Perry and Leinwand write
history in neon times. 112. Textbooks of
the Nineties / 569 Kreiger and Hanes edit
the decadent decade’s major textbooks. 113. Textbooks of the 2000s / 573 Spielvogel and Beck contribute
the terror decade’s classic texts. 114. Textbooks
Today / 582 A new generation of
textbooks that may not be so new. 115. Universal History at the University /
594 Spodek, Bentley,
Bulliet, Stearns, Armesto, McKay & Strayer. 116. Universal History Globalized / 611 Sociology poses scenarios
for what the future might be like. 117. Reverse
Universal History / 616 Futurists join
sociologists to try and project history into the future. 118. The End of
Universal History / 623 Are today’s liberal
states the final ‘product’ of history’s progress? 119. Evidence
Against the End of History / 627 Fukuyama presents powerful
contingencies against his own thesis. 120. Liberal Democracy as Telos / 637 If society is not
satisfying enough for a restless species, what is? 121. Liberal Democratic Universal History /
639 Is there a Weltgeist for the whole world? Can its
story be written? 122. Modern, Universal or Western? / 642 Huntington piles on more
evidence against the End of History. 123. Clash
against the West / 647 Quigley on decline,
invasion and civilizational destruction. 124. Multiple
Ends of History / 652 A new European Covenant
to respect the Other without violence? 125. The
Nation-State in a Globalized World / 655 The fate of the Westphalian
nation is being decided. Should it die? 126. Culture
Developing through History / 669 High, common, and
popular culture: a new way to see them. 127. New Millennium, New History / 674 Fernandez-Armesto, Jared
Diamond and David Christian. 128. Unique in
Universal History / 680 Duchesne argues the West
is a civilization set apart. 129. The Fate of Universal History / 690 Rounding up where we are
and if meaning can be recovered. CHAPTER V: MODERNITY REBOOT 130. Past
Prologue / 692 From Plato’s Cave to
Spaceship Earth: Seeing reality. 131. A Thought
Experiment / 693 Looking up means looking
out, and also in. 132. The Telos of
Human Progress / 969 Zubrin and Kardashev
state the goal of human progress. 133. The Vision
of Galactic Civilization / 700 The magic of vision is
that if it is there, the people prosper. 134. Progress within the End of History /
702 How our society at the End
of History can discover meaning again. 135. Intimations of Zielgeist / 704 From Metrodorus of 136. Prospects
for Zielgeist / 705 NASA was animated by the
spirit of achieving the unbelievable. 137. Awakening
Zielgeist / 713 Packaging progress for a
new generation as: “Goal Spirit”. 138. Awakening Scientific Zielgeist / 717 Studying core knowledge
in science can be fun again? 139. Awakening Economic Zielgeist / 720 Howard Bloom’s series of
historical vignettes help explain how. 140. Awakening Educational Zielgeist / 723 Unleashing the latent desire
to know. 141. Awakening Political Zielgeist / 729 Building political capital
into a social movement. 142. Awakening Social Zielgeist / 736 Repudiating the Culture
of Repudiation with a powerful message. 143. Awakening Environmental Zielgeist / 739 Ronald Wright outlines
‘progress traps’ humanity has fallen into. 144. Is Goal Spirit Oppressive? / 744 Can an ‘absolute’
assertion jive with a multicultural population? 145. Zielgeist or
Idiocracy / 746 A review of key moments
in the history of the human condition. 146. Conclusion / 752 There are always two
doors to the future. Index of Historians / 754 Bibliography and Notes / 758 About the Author / 800
APPENDIX: HISTORIANS APPEARING IN THIS VOLUME -400s Bible Old Testament
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