PLAN OF THE BOOK

(The present volume is an abridgement of Parts I-V)

I

INTRODUCTION

II

THE GENESES OF CIVILIZATIONS

III

THE GROWTHS OF CIVILIZATIONS

IV

THE BREAKDOWNS OF CIVILIZATIONS

V

THE DISINTEGRATIONS OF CIVILIZATIONS

VI

UNIVERSAL STATES

VII

UNIVERSAL CHURCHES

VIII

HEROIC AGES

IX

CONTACTS BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS IN SPACE

X

CONTACTS BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS IN TIME

XI

RHYTHMS IN THE HISTORIES OF CIVILIZATIONS

XII

THE PROSPECTS OF THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION

XIII

THE INSPIRATIONS OF HISTORIANS