First published in 1921, The Story of Mankind has charmed generations of readers of all ages with its warmth, simplicity, and wisdom. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history, Hendrik van Loon's incomparable prose enlivens the characters and events of every age. His unique ability to convey history as a fascinating tale of adven...
First published in 1921, The Story of Mankind has charmed generations of readers of all ages with its warmth, simplicity, and wisdom. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history, Hendrik van Loon's incomparable prose enlivens the characters and events of every age. His unique ability to convey history as a fascinating tale of adventure has endeared the book to countless readers and has accorded it a unique place in publishing history. This new version, which retains van Loon's original illustrations, has been brought up to date by John Merriman, professor of history at Yale University. It incorporates the most important developments of the last two decades-including space exploration, the emergence of the developing countries, the Cold War, the Internet, and the astounding advances we have witnessed in medicine and science - and looks forward into the prospect of the twenty-first century.
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)
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0 有用 Joy 2014-11-16 15:52:43
不错的入门级历史书，很容易读，娓娓道来。
2 有用 小黄兔 2018-07-15 12:27:08
每一章的篇幅是一兩頁，語言簡單風趣，簡筆畫插圖和地圖很可愛，沒有读历史常用的沉重厌烦感。的確是淺顯，但作為啓蒙讀物，針對青少年讀者，我覺得這已經非常優秀，足夠引起讀者的興趣。如果想深入瞭解，可以進一步深入細化閱讀其他歷史書嘛。
0 有用 cedarwood 2014-07-20 22:43:47
已经忘了前面读的苏美尔文明是怎么一回事了。。。
1 有用 肯尼 2023-03-15 08:01:37 江苏
头回看英文通史，学习了很多熟悉的人名地名。作者也不是纯写历史，有很多评论也很高明。
0 有用 迁跃 2016-04-04 21:51:59
值得推荐给儿子