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人类的故事.发明的故事

亨德里克·威廉·房龙 中国城市出版社
出版时间:

2009-1  

出版社:

中国城市出版社  

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亨德里克·威廉·房龙  

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415  

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前言

亨德里克·威廉·房龙(HendrikWillemvanLoon,1882-1944),著名荷兰裔美国作家、历史学家、科普作家和文学家。房龙于1882年1月出生于荷兰鹿特丹。幼年时期的房龙由于家庭内部暴力而感受不到温暖,8岁就进入寄宿学校,10岁起沉溺于史学。20岁以后,房龙到美国’康奈尔大学、德国慕尼黑大学求学,获得博士学位,但他并没有成为书斋里的学究。他当过编辑、记者和老师,屡经漂泊,同时苦练写作。房龙还是个多才多艺的人,从小就对历史、地理、船舶、绘画和音乐感兴趣,而且终生未曾放弃。他能用10种文字写作并与人交流,还拉得一手小提琴,善绘画,他著作中几乎所有的插图都是自己绘制。1921年,房龙出版《人类的故事》,使他一举成名,从此迎来了创作的丰收期。之后,《发明的故事》、《圣经的故事》、《美国的故事》、《房龙地理》(又名《人类的家园》)、《人类的艺术》、《宽容》(又名《人类的解放》)、《与世界伟人谈心》、《伦勃朗传》、《荷兰共和国兴衰史》、《太平洋的故事》等几十部著作陆续出版,几乎本本畅销,饮誉世界,许多国家都翻译出版了他的作品。可以说,房龙一生出版的30余种著作,将人类各方面的历史几乎全都复述了一遍。房龙在学问和文学上坚持文人主义的立场,并逐渐形成了一套自己的理解和表达方式。他认为:“凡学问一到穿上专家的拖鞋,躲进了它的‘精舍’,而把它鞋子上的泥土作肥料去的时候,它就宣布自己预备死了。与人隔绝的知识生活是引到毁灭去的。”因此,深入浅出地将艰深枯燥的学问化作轻松风趣的精神食粮,成了房龙作品的显著特征。

内容概要

房龙是美国著名通俗历史学家,善于用轻巧俏皮的文字,撰写历史、文化、文明、科学等方面的通俗历史著作,向人类的无知与偏执挑战,将知识与真理普及为人所共识的常识。本书试图挖掘每个角落,探索每个地区,研究人类理性范围内每一现象的深藏意义。

作者简介

亨德里克·威廉·房龙(1882-1944),荷裔美国著名作家和历史学家。他善于用轻巧俏皮的文字撰写历史、文化、文明和科学等方面的通俗著作,一生出版了三十多种著作,单枪匹马将人类各方面的历史几乎全都复述一遍。其代表作《宽容》、《人类的故事》、《圣经的故事》、《房龙地理》、《发明的故事》、《太平洋的故事》、《人类的艺术》、《伦勃朗的人生苦旅》等,几乎本本畅销,影响了几代人。
房龙的作品基本围绕人类生存发展的最本质问题,向人类的无知和偏见挑战,将知识和真理普及为人所共知的常识。 郁达夫曾说,房龙的笔有一种魅力,干燥无味的科学常识经他那么一写,无论大人小孩,读他书的人都觉得娓娓忘倦了。

书籍目录

THE STORY OF MANKINDFOREWORD1 THE SETTING OF THE STAGE2 OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS3 PREHISTORIC MAN4 HIEROGLYPHICS5 THE NILE VALLEY6 THE STORY OF EGYPT7 MESOPOTAMIA8 THE SUMERIANS9 MOSES10 THE PHCENICIANS11 THE INDO-EUROPEANS12 THE AEGEAN SEA13 THE GREEKS14 THE GREEK CITIES15 GREEK SELF-GOVERNMENT16 GREEK LIFE17 THE GREEK THEATRE18 THE PERSIAN WARS19 ATHENS vs. SPARTA20 ALEXANDER THE GREAT21 A SUMMARY22 ROME AND CARTHAGE23 THE RISE OF ROME24 THE ROMAN EMPIRE25 JOSHUA OF NAZARETH26 THE FALL OF ROME27 RISE OF THE CHURCH28 MOHAMMED29 CHARLEMAGNE30 THE NORSEMEN31 FEUDALISM 32 CHIVALRY33 POPE vs. EMPEROR34 THE CRUSADES35 THE MEDIAEVAL CITY36 MEDIAEVAL SELF-GOVERNMENT37 THE MEDITEVAL WORLD38 MEDIAEVAL TRADE39 THE RENAISSANCE40 THE AGE OF EXPRESSION41 THE GREAT DISCOVERIES42 BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS43 THE REFORMATION44 RELIGIOUS WARFARE45 THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION46 THE BALANCE OF POWER47 THE RISE OF RUSSIA48 RUSSIA vs. SWEDEN49 THE RISE OF PRUSSIA50 THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM51 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION52 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION53 NAPOLEON54 THE HOLY ALLIANCE55 THE GREAT REACTION56 NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE57 THE AGE OF THE ENGINE58 THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION59 EMANCIPATION60 THE AGE OF SCIENCE61 ART62 COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WAR63 A NEW WORLD64 AS IT EVER SHALL BE65 AFTER SEVEN YEARS附:漫画年表THE STORY OF INVENTION FOREWORD 1 MAN THE INVENTOR 2 FROM SKIN TO SKY-SCRAPER 3 THE TAMING HAND 4 FROM FOOTTO FLYING-MACHINE 5 THE THPISAMDWOSE VARIED MOUTH 6 THE NOSE 7 THE EAR  8 THE EYE

章节摘录

25 JoSHUA oF NAZARETHTHE STORY 0F JOSHUA OF NAZARETH. WHOM THE GREEKS CALLED JESUSIn the autumn of the year of the city 815(which would be 62 A.D..in ourway of counting time)/Esculapius Cultellus,a Roman physician,wrote to hisnephew who was with the army in Syria as follows:My dear Nephew,A feW days ago 1 was Called in to prescribe for a sick man named Paul.Heappeared to be a Roman citizen of Jewish parentage,well educated and ofagreeable manners.I had been told that he was here in connection with a law-suit,an appeal from one of our provincial courts,Caesarea or some such place in theeastern Mediterranean.He had been described to me as a“wild and Violent”fellow who had been making speeches against the People and against the Law.Ifound him very intelligent and of,great honesty.A friend of mine who used to be with the army in Asia Minor tells me that heheard something about him in Ephesus where he was preaching sermons about aStrange new GOd.I asked my patient if this were true and whether he had told thepeople to rebel against the will of our beloved Emperor.Paul answered me that theKingdom of which he had spoken was not of this world and he added many strangeutterances which I did not understand.but which were probably due to his fever.His personality made a great impression upon me and l was sorry to hear thathe was killed on the Ostian Road a feW days ago.Therefore I am writing this letterto you.When next you visit Jerusalem.I want you to find out something aboutmy friend Paul and the strange Jewish prophet,who seems to have been histeacher.Our slaves are getting much excited about this so-called Messiah,and afew of them,who openly talked of the new kingdom(whatever that means)havebeen crucified.


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通俗,但同样有深度,能引发思考。可惜英文水平有限,至今还没有读完……想提高英语水平,或是单独享受阅读乐趣的,都可以看看


有情趣的历史描写手法


这两本书,是我近期最爱看的书籍,内容丰富,尤其是价格便宜,十分适合中学生使用,以后还会多多光顾 当当网


书不错,可惜封皮破了点,总的来说挺好


书感觉不错,还没读,很期待


书的装帧很好,但内容有歧义,容易引起困惑。不太适合成长中孩子或孩子阅读时需要正确引导。


文字浅显易懂,内容点到为止,适合对世界古代史不太了解的人阅读。


经典之作,适合初级者提高英语水平


对提高英语能力有帮助,如果加上适量的重点词汇的解释就更好啦~~~~~


才看一章就发现了几个低级错误,像是he打印成be的,等等,纸张也不是很好


还没好好读,只是看了下前面的介绍,大家都说好才买的。应该等读完了在好好写写吧。不过当当评价期太短。


退货又太麻烦


全英文的房龙原著,扩展历史知识,练习英语阅读都不错。纸质很好,印刷也很好


非常不错的书,房龙经典英文原版,还是二合一


书很不错,有插图,就是买回来两天皮就掉了


不过个人英语太差,不太能看到懂,会努力看的


还行,就是纸张裁剪有点粗糙


不错的一本书,适合喜欢英语的朋友


适合放在床头,每晚睡前读上一段~


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