The Lessons of History

图书标准信息

• 作者 Will、Ariel Durant 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster
• 出版时间 2010-02
• ISBN 9781439149959
• 定价 110.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 128页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Inthisilluminatingandthoughtfulbook,WillandArielDuranthavesucceededindistillingforthereadertheaccumulatedstoreofknowledgeandexperiencefromtheirfivedecadesofworkontheelevenmonumentalvolumesofTheStoryofCivilization.Theresultisasurveyofhumanhistory,fullofdazzlinginsightsintothenatureofhumanexperience,theevolutionofcivilization,andthecultureofman.Withthecompletionoftheirlife'swork,theylookbackandaskwhathistoryhastosayaboutthenature,theconductandtheprospectsofman,seekinginthegreatlives,thegreatideas,thegreateventsofthepastforthemeaningofman'slongjourneythroughwar,conquestandcreation-andforthegreatthemesthatcanhelpustounderstandourownera.

【作者简介】

WILLDURANT(1885-1981)wasawardedthePulitzerPrize(1968)andthePresidentialMedalofFreedom(1977).Hespentoverfiftyyearswritinghiscriticallyacclaimedeleven-volumeseries,TheStoryofCivilization(thelatervolumeswritteninconjunctionwithhiswife,Ariel).Achampionofhumanrightsissuessuchasthebrotherhoodofmanandsocialreformlongbeforesuchissueswerepopular,Durant,throughhiswritings,continuestoeducateandentertainreaderstheworldover.

WillandArielDurant,afterspendingoverfiftyyearscompletingthecriticallyacclaimedseriesTheStoryofCivilization,wereawardedthePulitzerPrizeforGeneralNonfictionin1968.In1977,theDurantswerepresentedwiththePresidentialMedalofFreedom.Championsofhumanrightsandsocialreform,theDurantscontinuetoeducateandentertainreaderstheworldover.Formoreinformationontheirwork,visitwww.willdurant.com.

【目录】

I. Hesitations
II. History and the Earth
III. Biology and History
IV. Race and History
V. Character and History
VI. Morals and History
VII. Religion and History
VIII. Economics and History
XI. Socialism and History
X. Government and History
XI. History and War
XII. Growth and Decay
XIII. Is Progress Real?