The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance

图书标准信息

• 作者 Larry Gonick 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2003-01
• ISBN 9780393324037
• 定价 271.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

LarryGonick'scelebratedseries"TheCartoonHistoryoftheUniverse"isauniquefusionofworldhistoryandthecomicsmedium,aworkofseriousscholarshipandamasterpieceofpopularliterature.PraisedbyJonathanSpenceinthe"NewYorkTimesBookReview"as"acurioushybrid,atonceflippantandscholarly,wittyandpoliticallycorrect,zanyandtraditionalist,"Gonick'scleverillustrationsdeliverimportantinformationwithadeceptivelylighttone,teachingusaboutthepeopleandeventsthathaveshapedourworld.Thislong-awaitednewvolumecoverstheMiddleAgesaroundtheglobe,includingthemulticulturalMiddleEast,WestAfricaandthecross-Saharantrade,CentralAsiaandtheByzantineEmpire,theEuropeanDarkAgesandtheCrusades,theMongolconquests,theBlackDeath,theOttomanEmpire,theItalianRenaissance,andtheriseofSpain,leadinguptoColumbus'sdepartureforthenewworld.Gonickoffersanhistoricalsurveythatisatoncemulticultural,humanistic,skeptical,andlaugh-out-loudfunny.

【作者简介】

LarryGonickisaprofessionalcartoonistandauthorofTheCartoonHistoryoftheUniverseseries,amongotherillustratedbooks.HelivesinSanFrancisco,California.