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 旖旎♫♪♬ 2006-06-21 02:23:33
"麓山书店"买的,关于西方思想的一段历史.精辟而深刻的见解
4 有用 浮生若夢 2010-01-01 01:29:34
房龙的作品,阅读起来不生涩,比较适合初涉历史的人。
0 有用 银河发吃指南 2005-11-26 15:41:38
历史故事
0 有用 一只虎耳草 2007-01-27 00:50:04
读的有些混乱。而且没有做笔记。
0 有用 钱之江 2010-11-07 16:21:06
我喜欢他的笔调,已看多年,而新教徒和穆罕默德给我的印象最深刻。喜欢房龙,他让我看见的美好更多。
0 有用 Raymond 2023-01-20 23:50:23 江苏
洋文版很喜欢,修辞颇佳
0 有用 阿里阿德涅 2023-01-11 00:46:49 上海
确实是给小孩读的,略显陈旧的史观,还有一些常识性错误(主要是在亚洲文明相关章节中)。好处是很通俗,并且中英对照很有帮助。
0 有用 Frankel 2022-10-06 12:03:10
经典世界史科普书
0 有用 天天开心 2022-08-31 06:13:27 四川
应该叫西方人的历史流水账
0 有用 ifnoproc 2021-12-26 08:14:36
内容劣质有丰富的插图只会更劣质的典型