书籍介绍
《人类的故事》是房龙最有代表性的著作之一。在这部著作中，房龙用生动流畅的文字，将人类数千年的文明发展史呈现在读者的面前。它的故事从远古的时候讲起，讲述埃及和美索不达米亚文明的源起，讲述希腊与罗马时代的辉煌，沿着宗教兴起的线索讲述到中世纪社会的发展和演变，从城市的兴起、文艺复兴、讲述到世界性的变革和各国的革命。在追溯到一些主要国家的历史线索时，也讲述了一些重要历史人物的故事，评述他们的功过。在这本书中，房龙展开了一个非常宏大的历史画卷，请读者站在一个高塔之上，俯瞰着奔腾不息的历史之河。
AI导读
核心看点
- 房龙以生动笔触勾勒人类文明全景
- 从远古文明到近代革命的宏大叙事
- 侧重西方历史，兼具文学性与故事感
适合谁读
- 希望轻松入门世界通史的大众读者
- 对历史人文感兴趣的中学生及成人
- 喜欢房龙风格、偏好叙事型历史的读者
读前提醒
- 非严谨学术著作，勿苛求细节精确
- 时间线跳跃较大，建议耐心梳理脉络
- 可结合其他史料阅读以补充细节认知
读者共识
- 文笔优美流畅，阅读体验愉悦且引人入胜
- 适合作为历史启蒙读物，激发探索兴趣
- 主观色彩浓厚，部分观点需批判性看待
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
精彩摘录
- "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."
- "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 w"
- "But just as the Greeks had not loved their Aegean teachers, in this same way did the Romans hate their Etruscan masters. They got rid of them as soon as they could and the opportunity offered itself when Greek merchants discovered the commercial possibilities of Italy and when the first Greek vessel"
- "But once the kings had been driven from the city, the Romans were forced to bridle the power of the nobles, and it took many centuries before they managed to establish a system which gave every free citizen of Rome a chance to take a personal interest in the affairs of his town."
- "They were less imaginative than the Greeks and they preferred an ounce of action to a pound of words."
- "He refused to accept battle but forever he followed Hannibal, destroyed everything eatable, destroyed the roads, attacked small detachments and generally weakened the morale of the Carthaginian troops by a most distressing and annoying form of guerilla warfare."
- "Unfortunately the messengers fell into the hands of the Romans and Hannibal waited in vain for further news until his brother's head, neatly packed in a basket, came rolling into his camp and told him of the fate of the last of the Carthaginian troops."
- "Driven from one city to another, a fugitive without a home, Hannibal at last knew that the end of his ambitious dream had come. His beloved city of Carthage had been ruined by the war. She had been forced to sign a terrible peace. Her navy had been sunk. She had been forbidden to make war without Ro"
作者简介
作者：亨德里克‧威廉‧房龍（Hendrik Willem van Loon）
1882年出生於荷蘭鹿特丹，1902年隻身前往美國，是享譽世界的大眾史學作家。房龍曾先後在美國康乃爾大學和德國慕尼黑大學就讀，並獲得博士學位。在人類歷史、地理、文化、藝術、科學等方面的精深學識，賦予了他開闊、溫文儒雅、自由飄逸的文字風格。另作《聖經的故事》、《寬容》、《房龍地理》等書，亦充滿幽默、迷人的特殊風格。
作者：約翰‧梅里曼（John Merriman）
耶魯大學歷史系教授。研究領域專注於法國史及現代歐洲史。代表作為《文藝復興以來的現代歐洲》，目前定期在耶魯大學講授《歐洲現代史》課程，深受講師和學生喜愛。
作者：羅勃‧蘇利文（Robert Sullivan）
美國暢銷大眾史學作家，出版專書超過十餘種，長期為《紐約客》雜誌、《紐約時報》等各大媒體撰稿。
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用户评论
那阵子对世界史感兴趣，在购书中心看纸质书，用pad看电子版，写得趣味。
20170409—看的好痛苦 这个月拿起来继续看 还是很艰难 时间线太乱 脑袋懵懵的 20170527 这一周每天强制自己读一小时 可算看完了
房龙是荷兰人。基本是欧洲史。让我对拿破仑产生兴趣。
花上一周半时间日以继夜心无旁骛地读房龙，如果在中学时代就能读到这样的历史普及书那该多好，完全就是一本挽救中学生读世界史痛苦不堪的红宝书啊！！毫无疑问我会继续读他另外那几本经典著作的！读到一本好书的好心情莫过于此了。
配图是什么鬼啊
人类作为一个集合名词来看，真的既伟大，又可恶。
补标，启蒙书
小学老师推荐过，初中看的，影响很大，有些章节真的非常优秀
房龙爷爷笔下的西方世界大通史，非常生动流畅，这个版本我觉得翻译得很好，把作者幽默风趣的语言风格和笔触都传递出来了。站在顶楼回看过去几千年世界文明的进程，犹如荒诞随机偶然事件的连串大爆炸，我相信在平行时空中，世界有无数个历史版本和走势。读史让人清醒，太阳底下无新事，历史轮下无“意外”。这个世界，和房龙写下最后一章时的一战后世界，放佛什么都没有变，欧洲的困境和孱弱，令人唏嘘。
年少时（小学到初中）宽容和本书配合当年的教育可以说塑造了我的三观。但是时隔多年再看，尤其是自己西游回国，又研究文学戏剧之后重读，发现本书充满了偏见和纡尊降贵……翻译难得语句生涩和翻译腔不多，但是对于历史人物和术语的了解着实让喜欢历史读者遗憾和抓狂！
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