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人类的故事：英文
作者：（美）房龙（Hendrik Willem Van Loon）著
出版社：外语教学与研究出版社
出版时间：2001-11-01
ISBN：9787560019666
定价：¥19.90
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内容简介
著名荷兰裔美国作家房龙对于我国广大读者来说，已不能算是一个十分陌生的名字。自本世纪20年代以来，房龙发表了一系列用轻巧俏皮的文字撰写的通俗历史著作，大多成为美国的畅销书，并被译成多种文字，尤为青年读者们所钟爱。房龙于1882年生于荷兰的鹿特丹，父母的分居导致他从小“逃避的过去之中”，从10岁起就沉溺于史学。房龙后来曾在德国和美国求学，获得了博士学位，但他并没有成为一个书斋里的学究。他当过教师、编辑、记者，屡经漂泊，同时苦练写作，1921年写出的《人类的故事》使他一举成名，饮誉世界。对待学问和文字，房龙在坚持人文主义立场的同时，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‘精合’，而反它的鞋子上的泥土作肥料去的时候，它就宣布自己以预备死了。与人隔绝的知识生活是引到毁灭去的。”于是，深入浅出地将艰深枯燥的学问化作轻松风趣的精神食粮呈现给读者，成了房龙作品的显著特征。房龙多才多艺，精通十种文字，拉得一手优美的小提琴，还亲自将自己的大部分作品配了稚拙可爱的插图。这一切都注定房龙会是一个“人民”的作家，将对广大读者产生深刻的启迪和影响。 房龙的通俗历史著作曾打动过老一辈的中国读者，郁达夫在评价他的写作艺术时说：“房龙的笔，有一种魔力……是将文学家的手法，拿来用以讲述科学……无论大人小孩，读他书的人，都觉得娓娓忘倦了。”80年代以来，房龙作品的中译本在我国再度走红，而且十几年来畅销不衰，这是我国文化市场繁荣、国际交流正常化的结果，也证明房龙作品的不朽魅力。 不言而喻，对于我 学习英语的广大读者来说，幽默、亲切、通俗的房龙作品原著更是绝佳的阅读文本。读他的书，既可提高英语阅读水平，又能丰富历史、科学、文化知识。为了借鉴和继承世界精神文化遗产，填补我国出版界外语类通俗社会科学读物的空白，外语教学与研究出版社将陆续推出几种房龙作品的原版书，欢迎读者提出改进意见，帮助我们做得更好。本书作者房龙1921年写出的《人类的故事》使他一举成名，饮誉世界。他深入浅出地将艰深枯燥地人类历史化作轻松风趣的精神食粮呈现给读者，并附有近150张图画。
作者简介
房龙于1882年生于荷兰的鹿特丹，父母的分居导致他从小“逃避的过去之中”，从10岁起就沉溺于史学。房龙后来曾在德国和美国求学，获得了博士学位，但他并没有成为一个书斋里的学究。他当过教师、编辑、记者，屡经漂泊，同时苦练写作，1921年写出的《人类的故事》使他一举成名，饮誉世界。
目录
1. THE SETTING OF THE STAGE
2. OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS
3. PREHlSTORIC MAN BEGINS TO MAKE THINGS FOR HIMSELF
4. THE EGYPTIANS INVENT THE ART OF WRITlNG AND THE RECORD OF
HISTORY BEGINS
5. THE BEGINNlNG OF ClVILISATION IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE
6. THE RISE AND FALL OF EGYPT
7. MESOPOTAMIA-THE SECOND CENTRE OF EASTERN CIVILlSATION
8. THE SUMERlAN NAIL WRITERS,WHOSE CLAY TANLETS TELL US THE STORY OF ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA,THE GREAT SEMlTIC MELTlNG-POT
9. THE STORY OF MOSES,THE LEADER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
10. THE PHCENICIANS,WHO GAVE US OUR ALPHANET
11. THE INDO-EUROPEAN PERSIANS CONQUER THE SEMITEC AND THE EGYPTlAN WORLD
l2. THE PEOPLE OF THE EGEAN SEA CARRIED THE CIVILISATION OF OLD ASlA INTO THE WILDERNESS OF EUROPE
l3. MEANWHILE THE INDO-EUROPEAN TRIBE OF THE HELLENES WAS TAKlNG POSSESSION OF GREECE
14. THE GREEK CITlES THAT WERE REALLY STATES
l5. THE GREEKS WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO TRY THE DIFFICULT EXPERI MENT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT
l6. HOW THE GREEKS LIVED
l7. THE ORIGlNS OF THE THEATRE,THE FlRST FORM OF PUBLlC AMUSEMENT
18. HOW THE GREEKS DEFENDED EUROPE AGAlNST AN ASIATIC INVASlON AND DROVE THE PERSIANS BACK ACROSS THE AEGEAN SEA
l9. HOW ATHENS AND SPARTA FOUGHT A LONG AND DISASTROUS WAR FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF GREECE
20. ALEXANDER THE MACEDONlAN ESTANLISHES A GREEK WORLD-EMPIRE,AND WHAT BECAME OF THIS HIGH AMBITION
2l. A SHORT SUMMANY OF CHAPTERS 1 TO 20
22. THE SEMITIC COLONY OF CANTHAGE ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF AFRICA AND THE IDO-EUROPEAN CITY OF ROME ON THE WEET COAST OF ITALY FOUGHT EACH OTHER FOR THE POSSESSION OF THE WESTERN MEDlTERANEAN AND CARTHAGE WAS DESTROYED
23. HOW ROME HAPENED
24. How THE REPUBLIC OF ROME, AFTER CENTURIES OF UNREST AND REVOLUTION,BECME AN EMPIRE
25. THE STORY OF JOSHUA OF NAZANETH,WHOM THE GREEKS CALLED JESUS
26. THE TWlLIGHT OF ROME
27. How ROME BECAME THE CENTRE OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
28. AHMED,THE CAMEL DRIVER, WHO BECAME THE PROPHET OF THE ARABIAN DESERT, AND WHOSE FOLLOWERS ALMOST CONQUERED THE ENTIRE KNOWN WORLD FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF ALLAH, THE "ONLY TRUE GOD
29. HOW CHARLEMAGNE,THE KING OF THE FRANKS,CAME TO BEAR THE TITLE OF EMPEROR AND TRIED TO REVIVE THE OLD IDEAL OF WORLDEMPlRE
30. WHY THE PEOPLE OF THE TENTH CENTURY PRAYED THE LORD TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FURY OF THE NORSEMEN
3l. HOW CENTRAL EUROPE, ATTACKED FROM THREE SIDES, BECAME AN ARMED CAMP AND WHY EUROPE WOULD HAVE PERISHED WITHOUT THOSE PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO WERE PART OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
32. CHIVALRY
33. Trm STRANGE DOUBLE LOYALTY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES.AND HOW IT LED ro ENDLESS QUANRELS BETWEEN THE POPES AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS
34. BUT ALL TtESE DIFFERENT QUANRELS WERE FORGOTTEN WHEN THE TURKS TooK THE HOLY LAND, DESECRAfED THE HOLY PLACES AND lNTERFERED SERlOUSLY WlTH THE TRADE FROM EAST TO WEST. EUROPE WENT CRUSADING
35. WHY THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES SAID THAT"CITY AlR IS FREE AlR"
36. HOW THE PEOPLE OF THE ClTIES ASSRTED THEIR RIGHT TO BE HEARD IN THE ROYAL COUNCILS OF THElR COUNTRY
37. WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES THOUGHT OF THE WORLD IN WHlCH THEY HAPPENED TO LIVE
38. HOW THE CRUSADES ONCE MORE MADE THE MEDITERRANEAN A BUSY CENTRE OF TRADE AND HOW Tffe CITIES OF THE ITALIAN PENlNSULA BECAME THE GREAT DISTRIBUTING CENTRE FOR THE COMMERCE WlTH ASIA AND AFRICA
39. PEOPLE ONCE MORE DARD TO BE HAPPY JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE ALIVE. THEY TRlED TO SAVE THE REMAlNS OF THE OLDER AND MORE AGREEABLE CIVILISATION OF ROME AND GREECE AND THEY WERE SO PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS THAT THEY SPOKE OF A " RENAESSANCE" OR RE-BIRTH OF CIVILISATloN.
40. THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO FEEL THE NEED OF GIVlNG EXPRESSION TO THEIR NEWLY DISCOVERED JOY OF LIVlNG. THEY EXPRESSED THElR HAPPINESS IN POETRY AND IN SCULPTURE AND IN ARCHlTECTURE AND PAINT1NG,AND IN THE BOOKS THEY PRINTED
41. BUT NOW THAT PEOPLE HAD BROKEN THROUGH THE BONDS OF THEIR NANROW MEDIAEVAL LIMlTATIONS,THEY HAD TO HAVE MORE ROOM FOR THEIR WANDERINGS. THE EUROPEAN WORLD HAD GRON TOO SMALL FOR THElR AMBITIONS. IT WAS THE TIME OF THE GREAT VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY
42. CONCERNING BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS
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2. OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS
3. PREHlSTORIC MAN BEGINS TO MAKE THINGS FOR HIMSELF
4. THE EGYPTIANS INVENT THE ART OF WRITlNG AND THE RECORD OF
HISTORY BEGINS
5. THE BEGINNlNG OF ClVILISATION IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE
6. THE RISE AND FALL OF EGYPT
7. MESOPOTAMIA-THE SECOND CENTRE OF EASTERN CIVILlSATION
8. THE SUMERlAN NAIL WRITERS,WHOSE CLAY TANLETS TELL US THE STORY OF ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA,THE GREAT SEMlTIC MELTlNG-POT
9. THE STORY OF MOSES,THE LEADER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
10. THE PHCENICIANS,WHO GAVE US OUR ALPHANET
11. THE INDO-EUROPEAN PERSIANS CONQUER THE SEMITEC AND THE EGYPTlAN WORLD
l2. THE PEOPLE OF THE EGEAN SEA CARRIED THE CIVILISATION OF OLD ASlA INTO THE WILDERNESS OF EUROPE
l3. MEANWHILE THE INDO-EUROPEAN TRIBE OF THE HELLENES WAS TAKlNG POSSESSION OF GREECE
14. THE GREEK CITlES THAT WERE REALLY STATES
l5. THE GREEKS WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO TRY THE DIFFICULT EXPERI MENT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT
l6. HOW THE GREEKS LIVED
l7. THE ORIGlNS OF THE THEATRE,THE FlRST FORM OF PUBLlC AMUSEMENT
18. HOW THE GREEKS DEFENDED EUROPE AGAlNST AN ASIATIC INVASlON AND DROVE THE PERSIANS BACK ACROSS THE AEGEAN SEA
l9. HOW ATHENS AND SPARTA FOUGHT A LONG AND DISASTROUS WAR FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF GREECE
20. ALEXANDER THE MACEDONlAN ESTANLISHES A GREEK WORLD-EMPIRE,AND WHAT BECAME OF THIS HIGH AMBITION
2l. A SHORT SUMMANY OF CHAPTERS 1 TO 20
22. THE SEMITIC COLONY OF CANTHAGE ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF AFRICA AND THE IDO-EUROPEAN CITY OF ROME ON THE WEET COAST OF ITALY FOUGHT EACH OTHER FOR THE POSSESSION OF THE WESTERN MEDlTERANEAN AND CARTHAGE WAS DESTROYED
23. HOW ROME HAPENED
24. How THE REPUBLIC OF ROME, AFTER CENTURIES OF UNREST AND REVOLUTION,BECME AN EMPIRE
25. THE STORY OF JOSHUA OF NAZANETH,WHOM THE GREEKS CALLED JESUS
26. THE TWlLIGHT OF ROME
27. How ROME BECAME THE CENTRE OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
28. AHMED,THE CAMEL DRIVER, WHO BECAME THE PROPHET OF THE ARABIAN DESERT, AND WHOSE FOLLOWERS ALMOST CONQUERED THE ENTIRE KNOWN WORLD FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF ALLAH, THE "ONLY TRUE GOD
29. HOW CHARLEMAGNE,THE KING OF THE FRANKS,CAME TO BEAR THE TITLE OF EMPEROR AND TRIED TO REVIVE THE OLD IDEAL OF WORLDEMPlRE
30. WHY THE PEOPLE OF THE TENTH CENTURY PRAYED THE LORD TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FURY OF THE NORSEMEN
3l. HOW CENTRAL EUROPE, ATTACKED FROM THREE SIDES, BECAME AN ARMED CAMP AND WHY EUROPE WOULD HAVE PERISHED WITHOUT THOSE PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO WERE PART OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
32. CHIVALRY
33. Trm STRANGE DOUBLE LOYALTY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES.AND HOW IT LED ro ENDLESS QUANRELS BETWEEN THE POPES AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS
34. BUT ALL TtESE DIFFERENT QUANRELS WERE FORGOTTEN WHEN THE TURKS TooK THE HOLY LAND, DESECRAfED THE HOLY PLACES AND lNTERFERED SERlOUSLY WlTH THE TRADE FROM EAST TO WEST. EUROPE WENT CRUSADING
35. WHY THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES SAID THAT"CITY AlR IS FREE AlR"
36. HOW THE PEOPLE OF THE ClTIES ASSRTED THEIR RIGHT TO BE HEARD IN THE ROYAL COUNCILS OF THElR COUNTRY
37. WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES THOUGHT OF THE WORLD IN WHlCH THEY HAPPENED TO LIVE
38. HOW THE CRUSADES ONCE MORE MADE THE MEDITERRANEAN A BUSY CENTRE OF TRADE AND HOW Tffe CITIES OF THE ITALIAN PENlNSULA BECAME THE GREAT DISTRIBUTING CENTRE FOR THE COMMERCE WlTH ASIA AND AFRICA
39. PEOPLE ONCE MORE DARD TO BE HAPPY JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE ALIVE. THEY TRlED TO SAVE THE REMAlNS OF THE OLDER AND MORE AGREEABLE CIVILISATION OF ROME AND GREECE AND THEY WERE SO PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS THAT THEY SPOKE OF A " RENAESSANCE" OR RE-BIRTH OF CIVILISATloN.
40. THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO FEEL THE NEED OF GIVlNG EXPRESSION TO THEIR NEWLY DISCOVERED JOY OF LIVlNG. THEY EXPRESSED THElR HAPPINESS IN POETRY AND IN SCULPTURE AND IN ARCHlTECTURE AND PAINT1NG,AND IN THE BOOKS THEY PRINTED
41. BUT NOW THAT PEOPLE HAD BROKEN THROUGH THE BONDS OF THEIR NANROW MEDIAEVAL LIMlTATIONS,THEY HAD TO HAVE MORE ROOM FOR THEIR WANDERINGS. THE EUROPEAN WORLD HAD GRON TOO SMALL FOR THElR AMBITIONS. IT WAS THE TIME OF THE GREAT VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY
42. CONCERNING BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS
……
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