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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房龙 作者
Friedrich
广西师范大学出版社2004版
十九世纪
中国档案出版社2001版
杜君立
中信出版社2017版
乔麦
陕西师范大学出版社2002版
王大宝lite
万卷出版公司2018版
0 有用 hokma 2015-01-18 13:57:25
房龙很纠结，他一面推举平等，一面制造不平等。
0 有用 飞鱼_冰与火 2018-05-01 11:08:11
仔细查了麦哲伦的航海路线
0 有用 迁跃 2016-04-04 21:51:59
值得推荐给儿子
0 有用 R2D2 2013-05-19 20:16:39
2013/03/16~2013/05/20 @扇贝阅读
1 有用 韩默少侠 2016-11-16 14:10:17
学历史是最头疼的事情，可多看几遍，总能记住一些，看好看的能记住得多一些，看英文还能再记住点单词
0 有用 阿白不打卡 2024-03-26 21:39:19 中国香港
super stimulating………
0 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 DollyTilly 2022-04-19 22:41:46
把全世界的历史都写一遍也真是不容易，有些章节略显凌乱。大航海时代是我最不感兴趣的部分，看得很粗疏，还是最喜欢看中世纪以及文艺复兴时期那段历史。以后再仔细读一下中译本吧。
0 有用 Mafada0708 2021-09-26 13:40:28
世界史入门书籍，言简意赅的构建出人类3000年的历史。最大的收获是那些重要历史人物和地点的英文名称，为看英文原版纪录片做准备。
0 有用 Crumbs 2021-05-06 11:24:22
我更喜欢A Little History of the World的写法，不过这本书跟小历史可以相互补充，比如详细讲了一点希腊悲剧的起源，古希腊的城市生活等等。是非常好的历史入门读物。(后面作者表现出对美国的绝对信任和赞美，真令人感慨，深刻的历史学家不应如此表露立场吧？)