The Story of Mankind

图书标准信息

• 作者 Hendrik W Van Loon 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2000-02
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780871401755
• 定价 192.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 704页
• 正文语种 英语

【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.