The Story of Mankind

作者 Hendrik W Van Loon著
出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
出版时间 2000年2月第1版
ISBN 9780871401755
定价 192.10

内容简介

Firstpublishedin1921,TheStoryofMankindhascharmedgenerationsofreadersofallageswithitswarmth,simplicity,andwisdom.Beginningwiththeoriginsofhumanlifeandsweepingforwardtoilluminateallofhistory,HendrikvanLoon'sincomparableproseenlivensthecharactersandeventsofeveryage.Hisuniqueabilitytoconveyhistoryasafascinatingtaleofadventurehasendearedthebooktocountlessreadersandhasaccordeditauniqueplaceinpublishinghistory.Thisnewversion,whichretainsvanLoon'soriginalillustrations,hasbeenbroughtuptodatebyJohnMerriman,professorofhistoryatYaleUniversity.Itincorporatesthemostimportantdevelopmentsofthelasttwodecades-includingspaceexploration,theemergenceofthedevelopingcountries,theColdWar,theInternet,andtheastoundingadvanceswehavewitnessedinmedicineandscience-andlooksforwardintotheprospectofthetwenty-firstcentury.

作者简介

HendrikWillemvanLoonreceivedworldwideacclaimforthemanybooksthathebothwroteandillustrated.AmonghismostbelovedareTheStoryofAmerica,TheStoryoftheBibleandTheLifeandTimesofRembrandt.Europeanbornandeducated,vanLoonwasaprofessoratAntiochCollegeandlecturedatHarvard,Cornell,andtheUniversityofMunich.JohnMerrimanistheCharlesSeymourProfessorofHistoryatYaleUniversity.AspecialistinnineteenthcenturyFrenchhistory,MerrimanearnedhisPh.DattheUniversityofMichigan.Heistheauthorofmanybooks,includingTheMarginsofCityLife:ExplorationsontheFrenchUrbanFrontier,1815—1851;RedCity:LimogesandtheFrenchNineteenthCentury;TheAgonyoftheRepublic:TheRepressionoftheLeftinRevolutionaryFrance,1848—1851;and,mostrecently,TheStonesofBalazuc:AFrenchVillageinTime(Norton,2002).HeregularlyteachesthesurveyofmodernEuropeanhistoryatYale.

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