Carthage was a plutocracy and the real power of the state lay in the hands of a dozen big ship-owners and mine-owners and merchants who met in the back room of an office and regarded their common Fatherland as a business enterprise which ought to yield them a decent profit. (查看原文)
Of course, such a "plutocracy" was forever at the mercy of the crowd. As long as there was plenty of work and wages were high, the majority of the citizens were quite contented, allowed their "betters" to rule them and asked no embarrassing questions. But when no ships left the harbor, when no ore was brought to the smelting-ovens, when dockworkers and stevedores were thrown out of employment, then there were grumblings and there was a demand that the popular assembly be called together as in the olden days when Carthage had been a self-governing republic. (查看原文)
0 有用 夏小昭 2010-12-19 06:25:34
儿童读物。
0 有用 李寻欢 2007-08-27 23:17:10
娓娓道来,小故事蕴含大历史
0 有用 路边小石杜辉 2015-07-19 20:35:07
房龙的历史书确实好看,文笔轻松,观点独到,内容全面。在普及历史读物里算非常出色的了。大部分作品虽过百年仍不过气。
0 有用 微怡山谷 2009-12-08 22:58:09
翻译得不行
0 有用 乾为天 2011-10-04 18:10:28
08年看的,受益匪浅。虽是普及读物,但房龙有一种古今贯通的史观,使他能以更广阔的视野来驾御历史,既不以今论古,也不食古不化。
0 有用 路石 2023-07-31 11:34:20 河北
借用房龙自己的话:我要你从历史中发现在每一个行动后隐藏着的动机,而不是满足于某时某地发生了某某事件这样简单的叙述,这样你才能更好地理解周围的世界。
0 有用 路边小石杜辉 2015-07-19 20:35:07
房龙的历史书确实好看,文笔轻松,观点独到,内容全面。在普及历史读物里算非常出色的了。大部分作品虽过百年仍不过气。
0 有用 圈圈兒 2012-09-16 02:48:59
这是圣经的通俗故事版嘛?
0 有用 乾为天 2011-10-04 18:10:28
08年看的,受益匪浅。虽是普及读物,但房龙有一种古今贯通的史观,使他能以更广阔的视野来驾御历史,既不以今论古,也不食古不化。
0 有用 夏小昭 2010-12-19 06:25:34
儿童读物。