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Toynbee, Arnold (1852–1883)English economic historian who coined the term ‘industrial revolution’ in his ‘Lectures on the Industrial Revolution’, published in 1884.
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The historian Arnold Toynbee said: "What is peculiar about the Palestine conflict is that the world has listened to the party that has committed the offense and has turned a deaf ear to the victims. And the historian Arnold Toynbee in 1948 concluded that Churchill's wartime speeches spelled the difference between survival and defeat for Britain. There are two ways of viewing the situation on the continent: thinkers like Oswald Spengler believed Europe is on the verge of inevitable collapse; others, like the late Arnold Toynbee, believed that a small group of reformers can reinvigorate the culture. |
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