City planner, historian, and international lecturer Corinne Lathrop Gilb builds a cogent argument for a holistic view of history in this unique collection of articles, speeches and other writings drawn from a lifetime of interdisciplinary scholarship and public service. Whether writing about symbolism in city planning, biorhythms as determinants of creativity, the intertwined histories of liberalism and corporatism, or the role of beauty in public policy, Dr. Gilb draws on the perspectives and findings of disciplines outside conventional historical inquiry, revealing a matrix of unexpected and intricate relationships. Concluding that the personal odyssey is an integral engine of historical change that deserves more study, Toward Holistic History is evidence of her own theory - an intellectual biography of an endlessly curious historian whose own perspective went far beyond the traditional boundaries of her profession.