Edward Henry Carter

From General History, E. H. Carter and Charles Kay Ogden 1938

THE purpose of this book is to give a bird's eye view of history from the earliest times to the present day [1938]. It is hoped that it may be of value in two ways : first, by offering a framework with the help of which details of history outside the range of the book itself may be seen with a certain order and relation ; second, by putting in a clear light the connection between the histories of different countries, so that the story of any one of them is seen as but one thread in the complex design which is the story of them all.

It is not only the young reader who is in need of such help ; there are a number of older persons who would be interested in such a book. But a general knowledge of history and an international outlook on it are things which it is important to have as early as possible. In other words, it is the reader for whom this will be a ' First Book ' who will get most from it, and whom the writers have kept chiefly in mind.

For this reason the language of the book has been made so simple and straightforward that no boy or girl who is old enough to be interested in history would have any trouble in reading it. The book is, in fact, in Basic English ; so that not only the very young but even those with a very limited knowledge of English may make good use of it. Whenever it has been necessary, as in all special fields, to make use of words outside the Basic 850, the sense has been made quite clear—generally in such a way that the reader to whom the word is new is given no trouble, and, on the other hand, the reader to whom it is not new does not have it forced on his attention. Sometimes, however, this has been done with the help of a picture, a footnote, or a straightforward account of its sense.

But it was not only with a view to getting the book into the hands of a younger and more international public that Basic was used in writing it. In no field is there a greater need for clear and simple statement than in history, and no language gives less opening for the tricks and errors of words than Basic. It was only natural for C. K. Ogden to see in such a History material of the first order for Basic, and again for E. H. Carter to see in Basic the only language for such a History.

Naturally, in so short a book, only a very limited selection of the events of history has been possible. We may not go so far as to say that our selection has been limited to the ' chief ' events, because it is very probable that no two lists of the chief events of history would be in agreement about more than four or five of them. Even less are we able to say that, among the events which do come into our selection, we have give to every one the right amount of attention in comparison with the others. Our attempt has simply been to give some idea of the great canvas of history, by lighting up, for example, a group, a man, a town, a ship, or a new invention—things sometimes not very important in themselves, but representative of the special qualities of a country or a time. If in this way we have made our readers interested enough to go further, and given them the sort of start which will make it possible for them to get profit by doing so, we have done our part.

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. . . After Faraday's work on the electric current (that is, from about 1830), a new sort of power came in to take the place of steam. The telegraph, the telephone, and the underseas telegraph (the cable) were made possible. With the invention of a new sort of engine—the ' internal combustion engine '—came the automobile and the airplane. A young Italian, Marconi, made radio a working thing (1893), and the radio-telegraph were at hand. Today it wold be very hard to make a list of all the uses of electric power in the work and pleasures of man. The development of machine processes by which goods may be produced on a great scale has given us the cheap automobile ; the first great business men to see what might be done in this direction in the automobile industry were Mr. Henry Ford in America and Lord Nuffield in England.

The good work of science is probably best seen in the great discoveries for overcoming pain and disease, and even for making or time on earth longer. Doctor Simpson (1847) was the first man to make use of chloroform for making us unconscious of pain. Lister made operations safe by his discovery that certain chemicals (' antiseptics ') kept wounds from getting poisoned (1840) ; and Pasteur, by his tests with bacteria, made clear the causes of a great number of animal and plant diseases.

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GENERAL HISTORY IN OUTLINE AND STORY
Edward Henry Carter and Charles Kay Ogden
London etc. : Nelson 1938.

Author Carter, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1876-1953. Title The new past and other essays on the development of civilisation, by J. H. Breasted [and others] Publisher Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press [1968] Description viii, 183 p. 23 cm. Series Essay index reprint series Language English Note Reprint of the 1925 ed.

Author Carter, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1876-1953. Title History of the West Indian peoples [by] E. H. Carter, G. W. Digby [and] R. N. Murray. Publisher London, Nelson, 1967- Description v. illus., maps, ports. 20 cm. ISBN 175660409(v.1) Language English Contents book 1. Our heritage.--book 2. The story of our islands.--book 3. From earliest times to the 17th century.--book 4 [pt. 1] Eighteenth century to modern times.

Author Carter, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1876-1953. Title A history of Britain, Publisher Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1960. Description xxiv, 1116 p. illus., maps (part col.) 20 cm.

Author Carter, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1876-1953. Title Two paths to freedom; Great Britain and the Commonwealth and the United States of America, by E.H. Carter and Phyllis Wragge. Publisher London : Philip, 1951. Description 346 p. illus. 19 cm.

Author Carter, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1876-1953. Title The search for peace: a brief survey of world history / by E.H. Carter ; maps prepared under the direction of J.F. Horrabin. Publisher London : Pitman, 1949. Description x, 189 p. : maps ; 19 cm.

Author Carter, Edward Henry, 1876-1953 Title Russian cavalcade, by E. H. Carter Publisher London : Nelson [1944] Description viii, 152 p. : ill. ; 19 cm Language English Note First published Sept. 1943; first published in this ed. 1944 Map on lining-papers Note "Suggestions for further reading": p. 147-149

Author Carter, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1876-1953. Title Russian cavalcade, by E. H. Carter. Publisher London, New York [etc.] : T. Nelson and sons ltd., [1943] Description x, 166 p. : illus., map, ports. 19 cm. Language English Note Map on lining-papers. "Suggestions for further reading": p. 147-149.

Author Marten, Clarence Henry Kennett, 1872- Title Histories by C.H.K. Marten ... and E.H. Carter ... With illustrations from contemporary sources, and drawings by Hugh Chesterman ... Publisher Oxford : B. Blackwell, [1942] Description 4 v. illus., maps. 19 cm. Language English Note "First printed February, 1926 ... Reprinted January, 1942." Contents v. 1. Our heritage (early times).--v. 2. The middle ages (1066-1485).--v. 3. New worlds (1485-1688).--The latest age (1688-1927).

Author Carter, E.H Title General history in outline and story / by E.H. Carter and C.K. Ogden Publisher London : Produced for the Orthological Institute, Cambridge by Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1938 Description x, 288 p. : ill., maps,ports., tables. ; 19 cm

Author Carter, Edward Henry. Title The Norwich subscription books, a study of the subscription books of the diocese of Norwich, 1637-1800, Publisher London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson & sons, ltd. [1937] Description xxii, 201, [1] p. front., fold. maps, facsims. (part fold.) fold. tables, diagrs. (part fold.) 23 cm.

Author Carter, Edward Henry. Title A history of Britain, Publisher Oxford, The Clarendon press, 1937. Description 5 v. illus., maps. 20 cm.

Author Carter, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1876-1953. Title A history of Britain / by E.H. Carter and R.A.F. Mears. Publisher Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1937. Description xxiv, 1050 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Author Norwich Cathedral (Norwich, England) Title Studies in Norwich Cathedral history: an episcopal visitation of the Priory in 1308 and an archiepiscopal adjudication on priory rights in 1411. Documents edited by E.H. Carter. Publisher Norwich : Jarrold, 1935. Description 74 p. illus.

Author Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Title A short history of mankind, by H.G. Wells; adapted and edited for school use from the author's "Short history of the world", by E.H. Carter ... Publisher Oxford, B. Blackwell, 1927. Description viii, 183, [1] p. front., illus. (incl. maps) 19 cm. Language English Note A reprint of the first edition, published by Blackwell in 1925.

Author Carter, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1876-1953. Title The new past and other essays on the development of civilisation, by J. H. Breasted, H. J. Fleure [and others] edited by E. H. Carter. Publisher Oxford : B. Blackwell, 1925. Description viii, 183, [1] p. diagr. 19 cm. Language English Note "This book is the outcome of a conference held at Aberystwyth university in April, 1924."--Pref. note. Contents The new past, by J. H. Breasted.--Some origins of civilisation, by H. J. Fleure.--The diffusion of civilisation, by W. J. Perry.--The Biblical record, by A. Nairne.--Classical civilisation and modern Europe, by H. J. Rose.--The cultural unity of western Europe, by J. W. Headlam-Morley. --The problem of political unity, by R. Muir.--Some economic factors in general history, by G. Unwin.--The birth of modern science, by C. Singer.--The history of mathematics, by H. E. J. Curzon.--Some desultory remarks on art and civilisation, by W. Rothenstein.--Britain's place in western civilisation, by F. S. Marvin.