房龙地理
2010-1
中央编译
房龙
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在20世纪的历史学家和科普作家中，房龙不仅素以多才多艺、学识渊博著称，行文汪洋恣肆，辞采丰赡，而且始终以敏锐的目光和深邃的洞察力思考着人类生存与发展的本质问题，以真理之光和宽广的胸怀启迪和滋养着读者的心智。可以说，房龙是少数几位能够站在人文主义的立场审视全人类的历史与文化的思想家。 郁达夫曾评价说：“房龙的笔，有一种魅力……无论大人孩子，读他的书，都娓娓忘倦了。” 著名学者曹聚仁也评价说，房龙的书，“这50年中，我总是看了又看，除了《儒林外史》、《红楼梦》，没有其他的书这么吸引我了。”
亨德里克·威廉·房龙（Hendrik Willem Van Loon 1882--1944），荷裔美国人，著名学者。1882年出生在荷兰，他是出色的通俗作家，在历史、文化、文明、科学等方面都有著作，而且读者众多，他是伟大的文化普及者，大师级的人物。作家，历史地理学家。
Chapter 1 AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WORLD WE LIVE INChapter 2 A DEFINITION OF THE WORD GEOGRAPHY AND HOW I SHALL APPLY IT IN THE PRESENT VOLUMEChapter3 OUR PLANET: ITS HABITS, CUSTOMS AND MANNERSChapter 4 MAPS. A VERY BRIEF CHAPTER UPON A VERY BIG AND FASCINATING SUBJECT. TOGETHER WITH A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY PEOPLE SLOWLY LEARNED HOW TO FIND THEIR WAY ON THIS PLANET OF OURSChapter 5 THE SEASONS AND HOW THEY HAPPENChapter 6 CONCERNING THE LITTLE SPOTS OF DRY LAND ON THIS PLANET AND WHY SOME OF THEM ARE CALLED CONTINENTS WHILE OTHERS ARE NOTChapter 7 OF THE DISCOVERY OF EUROPE AND THE SORT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD INTERLUDEJUST A MOMENT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER WHILE I TELL YOU HOW TO USE THIS BOOKChapter 8 GREECE, THE ROCKY PROMONTORY OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WHICH ACTED AS THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE OLD ASIA AND THE NEW EUROPEChapter9 ITALY, THE COUNTRY WHICH DUE TO ITS GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION COULD PLAY THE ROLE OF A SEA-POWER OR A LAND POWER, AS THE OCCASION DEMANDEDChapter10 SPAIN, WHERE AFRICA AND EUROPE CLASHEDChapter11 FRANCE, THE COUNTRY THAT HAS EVERYTHING IT WANTSChapter12 BELGIUM, A COUNTRY CREATED BY SCRAPS OF PAPER AND RICH IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT INTER- NAL HARMONYChapter 13 LUXEMBURG, THE HISTORICAL CURIOSITYChapter14 SWITZERLAND, THE COUNTRY OF HIGH MOUNTAINS, EXCELLENT SCHOOLS AND A UNIFIED PEOPLE WHO SPEAK FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGESChaptcr15 GERMANY, THE NATION THAT WAS FOUNDED TOO LATEChapter16 AUSTRIA, THE COUNTRY THAT NOBODY APPRECIATED UNTIL IT NO LONGER EXISTEDChapter17 DENMARK, AN OBJECT LESSON IN CERTAIN ADVANTAGES OF SMALL COUNTRIES OVER LARGEO NESChapter18 ICELAND, AN INTERESTING POLITICAL LABORATORY IN THE ARCTIC OCEANChapter 19 THE SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA, THE TERRTORY OCCUPIED BY THE KINGDOMS OF SWEDEN AND NORWAYChapter 20 THE NETHERLANDS, THE SWAMP ON THE BANKS OF THE NORTH SEA THAT BECAME AN EMPIREChapter21 GREAT BRITAIN, AN ISLAND OFF THE DUTCH COAST WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HAPPINESS OF FULLY ONE-QUARTER OF THEHUMAN RACEChapter 22 RUSSIA, THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS PREVENTED BY ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION FROM EVER FINDING OUT WHETHER IT WAS PART OF EUROPE OR OF ASIAChapter23 POLAND, THE COUNTRY THAT HAD ALWAYS SUFFERED FROM BEING A CORRIDOR AND THEREFORE NOW HAS A CORRIDOR OF ITS OWNChapter 24 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, A PRODUCT OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLESChapter25 YUGOSLAVIA, ANOTHER PRODUCT OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLESChapter26 BULGARIA, THE SOUNDEST OF ALL'BALKAN COUNTRIES, WHOSE BUTTERFLY COLLECTING KING BET ON THE WRONG HORSE DURING THE GREAT WAR AND SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCESChapter 27 ROUMANIA, A COUNTRY WHICH HAS OIL AND A OYAL FAMILYChapter 28 HUNGARY, OR WHAT REMAINS OF ITChapter29 FINLAND, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT HARD WORK AND INTELLIGENCE CAN ACHIEVE AMID HOSTILE NATURAL SURROUNDINGSChapter30 THE DISCOVERY OF ASIAChapter31 WHAT ASIA HAS MEANT TO THE REST OF THE WORLDChapter 32 THE CENTRAL ASIATIC HIGHLANDSChapter 33 THE GREAT WESTERN PLATEAU OF ASIAChapter 34 ARABIA OR WHEN IS A PART OF ASIA NOT A PART OF ASIA？Chapter35 INDIA, WHERE NATURE AND MAN ARE ENGAGED IN MASS PRODUCTIONChapter36 BURMA, SIAM, ANAM AND MALACCA, WHICH OCCUPY THE OTHER GREAT SOUTHERNPENINSULA OF ASIAChapter 37 THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE GREAT PENINSULA OF EASTERN ASIAChapter38 KOREA, MONGOLIA AND MANCHURIA, IF THE LATTER STILL EXISTS WHEN THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHEDChapter39 THE JAPANESE EMPIREChapter 40 THE PHILIPPINS, AN OLD ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF MEXICOChapter 41 THE DUTCH EAST IND I ES, THE TAIL THAT WAGS THE DOGChapter 42 AUSTRALIA, THE STEP CHILD OF NATUREChapter 43 NEW ZEALANDChapter44 THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC WHERE PEOPLE NEITHER TOILED NOR SPUN BUT LIVED JUST THE SAMEChapter 45 AFRICA, THE CONTINENT OF CONTRADICTIONS AND CONTRASTSChapter 46 AMERICA, THE MOST FORTUNATE OF ALLChapter 47 A NEW WORLD
插图：Rain is merely evaporated water from the oceans and from the inlandseas and from the inland snow-fields, which is carlied along by the air inthe form of vapor. As hot air can hold much more vapor than cold air,the water-vapor will be carried along without much difficulty until theair grows colder. Then part of it gets condensed and falls back againupon the surface of the earth in the form of rain or hail or snow.The rainfall of any given region therefore will depend almost entirelyupon the winds to which it is exposed. If we have a sea-coast separatedfrom the mainland by mountains （a very common occurrence） the coastalregion will be wet and damp. For the wind, being forced to rise intohigher regions （where the pressure is lower）, will cool offas it gets furtherand further away from the sea-level and it will shed its vapor in the formof rain and snow and will reappear on the other side of the mountainrange as a dry wind without a drop of moisture.The rainfall of the tropics is both regular and abundant because theenormous heat of the land makes the air rise to a great height, where itgets cooled off and is obliged to let go of most of its vapor, whichthereupon returns to earth in the form of heavy sheets of rain. But asthe sun does not always stand right over the equator, but moves slightlyfrom north to south, most of the equatorial regions enjoy four seasons,two seasons during which there are terrific rainstorms and two seasonsduring which the weather is dryBut those regions which are exposed to steady air-currents runningfrom colder to warmer regions are by far the worst off. For as the windspass from the cold area to the hot one,their capacity for absorptionbecomes steadily greater and they are unable to release the vapor theycarr~ causing many parts of this earth to be turned into deserts whereit may not rain more than once or twice every ten years.So much for the general subject of wind and rain. A detailed discussionwill follow when we describe each individual country.
《房龙地理(英文彩绘本)(套装共2册)》以方位、大视角审视几千年来人类为生存而进行的斗争。房龙生当乱世，他始终关注的一个问题便是各种文明之间如何才能破除此疆彼界，达到相互的宽容与理解。GENERALLY SPEAKING, I have paid moreattention to the purely "human" side of geographythan to the commercial problems which are held to beof such great importance in a day and age devoted tomass production.But experience has taught me that no matter how eloquent you waxupon the subject of importing and exporting, and the output of coalmines and oil reservoirs and bank deposits, you will never be able totell your reader something which he can remember from one page tothe next. Whenever he has need of such figures he will be obliged tolook them up once more and verify them with the help of a dozencontradictory handbooks on commercial statistics.Man comes first in this geography.His physical environment and background come next.The rest is given whatever space remains. It is in relation to us as human beings thatHendrik Van Loon now explores the crackedand wrinkled face of old Mother Earth. Thisbook contains no statistics about the importand export of raw cotton and canned kangarootails. It is packed full of information, but onythat information that has something to do withus, as inhabitants of this sphere we call home.The discovery of a trade route, the slant ofa mountain range, the curve of a river valley:we all know vaguely that these haveenormous power to influence lives andfortunes. Now, for the first time, thefascinating story of these things and what theymean to us is set down in text and pictures.Through the analogy of handkerchiefs, onelearns what is happening to the surface of theearth. A plate of soup helps to understand aircurrents. Under your eyes the course of theGulf Stream turns into an enthralling story,and the central Spanish plateau isreconstructed in imagination by means ofyour soup plate, two saucers, and a spoon.A Dutch-American historian and journalist.Bornin Rotterdam, he went to the United States in 1903 to study at Cornell University.From the 1910s until his death, Van Loonwrote many books, illustrating them himself.Most widely known among these is The Story ofMankind, a history of the world especially forchildren, which won the first Newbery Medal in1922. The book was later updated by Van Loonand has continued to be updated, first by his sonand later by other historians.However, he also wrote many other very popular books aimed at young adults. As awriter he was known for emphasizing crucialhistorical events and giving a complete pictureof individual characters, as well as the role ofthe arts in history. He also had an informal andthought-provoking style which, particularly inThe Story of Mankind, included personal anecdotes.
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有一点不得不提，地理与历史毕竟不同，本书中的很多内容确实是过时了，就把它当作一本地理和历史的混搭来读就好了。这本书和《人类的故事》搭配阅读也许会更好。
宝贝还在肚子里呢，我先买来看下，非常满意，图很少，但质感很好。
很好，印刷包装，中央编译外文书不错
装订的不错，挺新的，我很喜欢
其实对于曾经系统的学过地理的人来说，我对这本书的知识内容只要求要是全本，不希望看到阉割版本，另外从英语的角度看原著才能真正理解作者。拿到书之后总体还算满意，印刷无可挑剔，英文大小也很适宜，大量手绘图浅显易懂。... 阅读更多
质量很好，值得收藏，纸质很舒服，字体大小也很舒服，全英文还有彩图，也正好督促自己学好英语~呵呵 总之很喜欢
产品不错,到货也很快.书的印刷也好.