书籍介绍
翻开这本写于1921年的通史，最扎心的反差在于：它讲得越透彻，读者越容易感到沉重。有人读后“从此不想读通史”，正因为它拒绝把历史简化为年份与事件的串讲——时间线刻意模糊、古代欧洲混乱得“堪比战国”，对历史基础薄弱者并不友好。但正是这种不讨好，换来了另一种东西：房龙让读者看见文明背后的残酷底色，从迦太基船主们把祖国当成“一门生意”，到汉尼拔遭遇的游击消耗战，再到贯穿始终的掠夺、饥寒与黑暗世纪。它不粉饰进步，却始终相信人性向善的原动力。这本书真正适合的人，是那些愿意在“讽刺与怜悯”的尺度下重新审视历史、而非寻求轻松读物的读者。
作者简介
作者:(美)房龙 译者:夏欣茁
亨德里克·威廉·房龙(1882～1944)：荷裔美国人，著名学者。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。他是伟大的知识普及者，大师级人物。从1913年起，他开始写书，直到1921年写出《人类的故事》，一举成名，从此饮誉世界。代表作包括《宽容》、《圣经的故事》、《发明的故事》、《房龙地理》等。郁达夫曾说。房龙的笔有一种魔力。干燥无味的科学常识经他那么一写。变得娓娓动人。
AI导读
核心看点
- 房龙代表作，以生动笔触讲述西方文明史
- 从远古起源讲至一战，涵盖宗教与艺术演变
- 获普利策奖，曾作美国中学历史教科书
读者共识
- 文笔诙谐流畅，手绘地图魔性，可读性极强
- 重在传递历史观与人性反思，而非死记年份
- 翻译版本众多，建议对比邓嘉宛等译本优劣
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"
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