Download or read book The Shape of European History written by William Hardy McNeill and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basing his analysis on a cultural anthropological approach, Professor McNeill surveys events from ancient Greece to the industrialized states of modern Europe. He examines the interacting social and economic forces and the influence and diffusion of succeeding centres of power and culture.