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书籍介绍
《人类的故事》是房龙所著的一部极具现场感的人类成长史，也是通俗写史的开山之作。房龙以幽默、流畅的笔法，将纷繁复杂的人类历史讲述成了一个跌宕起伏、荡气回肠的"人类成长故事"。从古埃及文明的诞生到罗马帝国的衰落，从城市的萌芽到机器对人类的奴役，从文艺复兴到科技进步，从耶稣受难到宗教纷争，从地理大发现到世界性的政治、经济变革等，讲述了人类的诞生、童年、成长、无知、求索、苦痛、斗争、进步……全书以全景加特写式的通俗笔法，娓娓道来，是一部能同时给人带来见识、趣味和情怀的经典之作。《人类的故事》自成书以来，被译成30多种文字，成为亿万人的历史通识阅读枕边书。
本书既是一部极具现场感的人类成长史，也将镜头贴近局部和具体的英雄或普通人，讲述了具体人物的困境、情绪和选择，这其中有犹太人的漫游故事、大航海时代的探险故事、希波战争的复仇故事、马丁路德的信仰故事、埃及艳后的爱情故事、宗教迫害的恐怖故事、基督耶稣的救赎故事等，既引人入胜，更令人在读完后大涨见识、趣味和情怀；
房龙着意选择了那些真正影响了人类历史进程的线索、人物、事件，配之以奔腾跌宕的笔法和栩栩如生的细节描述，使读者如亲临历史现场，获得对历史的真正"感受"，而非仅仅是"知识"。
AI导读
核心看点
- 房龙以幽默笔法讲述人类成长史，兼具见识、趣味与情怀。
- 全景加特写式叙述，让读者如临历史现场，感受而非仅获知识。
- 通俗写史开山之作，被译成30多种文字，是经典通识枕边书。
适合谁读
- 适合对世界历史感兴趣，希望轻松入门的青少年及大众读者。
- 喜欢房龙风趣文风，偏好故事化、人性化历史叙述的读者。
- 寻求西方文明史概览，能接受欧洲中心视角的历史爱好者。
读前提醒
- 本书侧重西方文明史，非全球均衡视角，需结合其他史料阅读。
- 内容涵盖广但细节简略，适合建立框架，深究需参考专业著作。
- 成书较早，部分观点带有时代局限，建议批判性思考后吸收。
读者共识
- 文笔极佳，如炉边老爷爷讲故事，幽默风趣，极具感染力。
- 虽被指欧洲中心主义，但作为历史启蒙读物，价值依然巨大。
- 邓嘉宛等优秀译本备受推崇，翻译质量直接影响阅读体验。
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
亨德里克·威廉·房龙（Hendrik Willem van Loon，1882—1944）
荷裔美国人，学者、作家、历史地理学家。代表作有《人类的故事》《圣经的故事》《宽容》《房龙地理》等。
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用户评论
简短的篇幅叙述世界史的大致发展，作者有的部分记忆失误。不过仍然是一本简短精悍的书，就是缺乏知识的话，很难产生共鸣兴趣
房龙的序太棒了，历史读物需要更多这样有着高超写作能力的人参与进来。
非常好的儿童读物，以后给自己孩子看。
上下千年，人又何曾改变过。
没想到这书是中学生推荐读物。初中的学生能理解以政治为中心的世界历史叙述？深表怀疑。不过房龙文笔是很好，知识面也确实丰富，历史观很正，无疑是一本很好的世界历史入门读物。
二月读完的书，厚厚的一本。房龙文笔真的好，翻译也出色。本来打算读完卖给多抓鱼，读过之后舍不得了。
可能因为我读的版本不好，太过无聊。史实的堆砌。
适合中学生阅读，个人觉得在阅读斯塔夫里阿诺斯的《全球通史》前阅读这本挺好。
我觉得书名应该叫《西方的故事》。
粗略读过，应该是“欧洲人类发展史”，充斥着宗教冲突和冷冰冰的战争，也正因为斗争是日常，无路可逃，才在政治经济文化科学方面走在前面。
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