| The influence of wealth in imperial Rome. By: William Stearns Davis: William Stearns Davis (April 30, 1877 - February 15, 1930) was an American educat Contributor(s): Davis, William Stearns (Author) |
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ISBN: 1537615726 ISBN-13: 9781537615721 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.03 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 7.99" W x 10" (0.74 lbs) 164 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book considers the influence of money and of the commercial spirit throughout the period of Roman greatness... William Stearns Davis (April 30, 1877 - February 15, 1930) was an American educator, historian, and author. He has been cited as one who "contributed to history as a scholarly discipline, . . . but] was intrigued by the human side of history, which, at the time, was neglected by the discipline."After first experimenting with short stories, he turned while still a college undergraduate to longer forms to relate, from an involved (fictional) character's view, a number of critical turns of history. This faculty for humanizing, even dramatizing, history characterized Davis' later academic and professional writings as well, making them particularly suitable for secondary and higher education during the first half of the twentieth century in a field which, according to one editor, had "lost the freshness and robustness . . . the congeniality"that should mark the study of history. Both Davis' fiction and non-fiction are found in public and academic libraries today. |